PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Sabitha Rajan TI - Skin and soft-tissue infections: Classifying and treating a spectrum AID - 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11044 DP - 2012 Jan 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 57--66 VI - 79 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/1/57.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/1/57.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2012 Jan 01; 79 AB - Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) are a common presenting problem in both inpatients and outpatients. SSTIs have been broadly classified as complicated or uncomplicated, but specific disease processes and patient characteristics are important in guiding clinical management. Early recognition of the extent of infection, close follow-up, and familiarity with local antibiotic susceptibility data are critical to successful treatment.