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Risk Factors for Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
| Advanced age (>60 y) |
| Intravenous drug use |
| Diabetes mellitus |
| Obesity |
| Malnutrition |
| Congestive heart disease |
| Chronic pulmonary disease |
| Peripheral vascular disease |
| Chronic alcoholism |
| Immunocompromised states |
| Malignancy |
| Steroid use |
| HIV infection/AIDS |
| Transplantation |
HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
