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Skin and soft‑tissue infections (SSTIs) encompass a variety of pathological conditions that involve the skin and under‑ lying subcutaneous tissue, fascia, or muscle, ranging from simple superfcial infections to severe necrotizing infections. Together, the World Society of Emergency Surgery, the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery, the Surgical Infection Society‑Europe, The World Surgical Infection Society, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma have jointly completed an international multi‑society document to promote global standards of care in SSTIs guiding clini‑ cians by describing reasonable approaches to the management of SSTIs. An extensive non‑systematic review was conducted using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases, limited to the Eng‑ lish language. The resulting evidence was shared by an international task force with diferent clinical backgrounds.