Skin exam
Erythema (without sharp margins)
Exquisitely tender (pain out of proportion to exam)
Caveat - some patients present with "la belle indifference"
May be a result of ischemic, insensate tissue
Skip lesions
Hemorrhagic bullae (violaceous bullae)
May be preceded by skin anesthesia (destruction of superficial nerves)
Crepitus (in type I infections)
Lymphangitis and lymphadenopathy are absent in<unk>  alone
Lymphangitis is seen in cellulitis
Fascia has no lymph drainage
Swelling/edema may produce compartment syndrome
Constitutional or toxic shock-like syndrome
Fever
Tachycardia
Systemic toxicity, sepsis
Conjunctivitis
Erythema (without sharp margins)
Exquisitely tender (pain out of proportion to exam)
Caveat - some patients present with "la belle indifference"
May be a result of ischemic, insensate tissue
Skip lesions
Hemorrhagic bullae (violaceous bullae)
May be preceded by skin anesthesia (destruction of superficial nerves)
Crepitus (in type I infections)
Lymphangitis and lymphadenopathy are absent in<unk>  alone
Lymphangitis is seen in cellulitis
Fascia has no lymph drainage
Caveat - some patients present with "la belle indifference"
May be a result of ischemic, insensate tissue
May be preceded by skin anesthesia (destruction of superficial nerves)
Lymphangitis is seen in cellulitis
Fascia has no lymph drainage
Fever
Tachycardia
Systemic toxicity, sepsis
Conjunctivitis
Necrotizing fasciitis
Cellulitis
Necrotizing cellulitis
Hand cellulitis
Wet gangrene
Facial cellulitis
Plantar fasciitis
Orbital cellulitis