ALB and cellulitis: Statistical analysis showed a significant increase in the level of lactate (p < 0.001), total protein (TP) (p < 0.001), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (p = 0.01) and albumin (p = 0.02) in the infectious fluid of the patients in the NSTI group as compared with that in the infectious fluid of the patients in the cellulitis group (Table 1).