[Fasciitis necroticans -- erysipelas grangrenosum: two different clinical entities? (author's transl)].

Among the bacterial infections of the skin the so called fasciitis necroticans has until now received little attention in dermatological literature. The clinical picture shows great similarity to erysipelas grangrenosum. Considering the fact, that the primary infection involves the subcutaneous fatty tissue and especially in light of the different bacterial etiology with the resulting differences in therapy, it seems justified to classify fasciitis necroticans as a separate entity.