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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2019 Background Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially lethal condition for which early and adequate treatment with surgical debridement and broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics are essential for survival. It is hypothesized that Group A Streptococcus (GAS)
Luke P H Leenen +7 more
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A fatal case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Escherichia coli after road traffic accident [PDF]
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, 2022 OBJECTIVE: Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening skin infection that causes necrosis of subcutaneous tissue and fascia causing high mortality. Monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis (type II) usually is caused by group A streptococcus.
S. Puri +4 more
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Intestinal Perforation by a Toothpick as Reason for Necrotizing Fasciitis [PDF]
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection, 2018 Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon but often fatal disease. Given the various causes of necrotizing fasciitis, we report a case of sigmoid colon perforation caused by a toothpick subsequently resulting in fulminant necrotizing fasciitis of the ...
M. Rupp +4 more
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Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2013 ABSTRACTNecrotizing fasciitis (NF) is among the most challenging surgical infections faced by a surgeon. The difficulty in managing this entity is due to a combination of difficulty in diagnosis, and also of early as well as late management. For the patient, such a diagnosis means prolonged hospital stay, painful dressings, an extended recovery, and in
Jagdish Sadasivan +2 more
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A Patient with Acute Necrotizing Fasciitis after a Total Knee Replacement: A Case Report
Diagnostics, 2023 Necrotizing fasciitis is a relatively rare and serious fatal soft-tissue infection that is characterized by a rapidly spreading bacterial infection located in the subcutaneous tissues.
Shu-Hao Chang +4 more
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Escherichia coli necrotizing fasciitis in Hirschsprung's disease
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2015 Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare post-operative complication of Hirschsprung's disease. Very recently the only previous case of necrotizing fasciitis following a Soave procedure was reported with the etiologic agent being Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Manal A. Alsaif, Joan L. Robinson
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Nonodontogenic Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Sialadenitis
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2016 Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive infectious disease of the soft tissue with high mortality and morbidity rates. Necrotizing fasciitis is occasionally located in the head and neck region and develops after odontogenic infections.
Alper Yenigun +3 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis due to mycobacterium tuberculosis: A case report
Heliyon, 2023 We admitted a patient with extensive and rapidly progressing necrotizing fasciitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, cutaneous tuberculosis, and bacterial infections because of late diagnosis and treatment.
Liying Chen, Yinhui Zhu, Du Fan
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Spontaneous Necrotizing Fasciitis [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 Necrotizing soft tissue infections typically begin with direct inoculation of bacteria into the subcutaneous tissues. Here, we present a case with no such exposure, but with severe necrotizing fasciitis. We present a middle-aged man presented to the emergency department for a presumed allergic reaction after having initially sought care twice at an ...
Patrick J Rogers +3 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis following venomous snakebites in a tertiary hospital of southwest Taiwan
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background: Necrotizing fasciitis following venomous snakebites is uncommon. The purpose of this study was to describe the initial clinical features of necrotizing fasciitis after snakebites, and to identify the risk factors for patients with cellulitis ...
Yao-Hung Tsai +5 more
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