Skin and skin structure infection

Skin and skin structure infections (SSSIs), also referred to as skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs),[1] or acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSIs),[2] are infections of skin and associated soft tissues (such as loose connective tissue and mucous membranes).[citation needed] Historically, the pathogen involved has most frequently been a bacterial species—always, since redescription of SSSIs as ABSSSIs—and as such, these infections require treatment by antibiotics.[citation needed]

  1. ^ SSTI is the preferred description of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), see Stevens, D. L.; Bisno, A. L.; Chambers, H. F.; Dellinger, E. P.; Goldstein, E. J. C.; Gorbach, S. L.; Hirschmann, J. V.; Kaplan, S. L.; Montoya, J. G.; Wade, J. C. (18 June 2014). "Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 59 (2): e10–e52. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu296. PMID 24947530.
  2. ^ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration began referring to this category of infection as acute bacterial SSSIs (ABSSSI) in 2008. See "Guidance for Industry Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections: Developing Drugs for Treatment" (PDF). Food and Drug Administration. Aug 2010.