| [empirical antibiotic therapy of complicated skin and soft tissue infections in dermatological practice]. | erysipelas is an acute bacterial infection of the skin predominantly caused by streptococcus pyogenes. according to the international classification complicated erysipelas belongs to the complicated skin and soft tissue infections. complicated infections are defined as severe skin involvement or when the infection occurs in compromised hosts. these infections frequently involve gram-negative bacilli and anaerobic bacteria. | 2011 | 21296734 |