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Necrotizing Fasciitis Secondary to Blunt Trauma
Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuas, 2015 Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, rapidly progressive, and potentially fatal soft tissue infection of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, or muscles. Only early clinical suspicion, appropriate an-timicrobials, rapid and aggressive surgical debridement ...
Ömer Arda Çetinkaya +2 more
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Breast rescue after necrotizing fasciitis
Heliyon, 2022 Necrotizing fasciitis is a dangerous and rapidly spreading infection of soft tissue involving skin, subcutaneous tissue and fascia; muscles can be concerned but often omitted. It's considered as emergency due to its fulminant nature.
Hadhami Rouiss +7 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis due to Streptococcus mitis caused by accidental human bite
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016 Human bite wounds are more prone to infection than animal bites, which may cause necrotizing soft tissue infections such as myositis, fasciitis. Both aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms may be responsible, including Streptococcus spp., Staphylococcus ...
Aliye Bastug +8 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis in children due to minor lesions
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2017 Introduction: Necrotizing fasciitis is a soft tissue infection that can rapidly progress and end lethally if not treated early and radically. With an extremely low prevalence (0.02% of all pediatric in hospital cases), most physicians will probably only ...
Viktoria A. Pfeifle +3 more
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Current approach to diagnosing and treating necrotizing fasciitis
Journal of Education, Health and SportIntroduction: Necrotizing fasciitis is an infrequent yet highly fatal bacterial infection characterized by widespread necrosis of fascia and subcutaneous fat tissue.
Łukasz Ciulkiewicz +5 more
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Case Report of Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2016 Necrotizing fasciitis, caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, is an extremely rare and life-threatening bacterial soft tissue infection. We report a case of early necrotizing fasciitis associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in a 26-year-old man ...
Lei Jiao +4 more
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A Case of Acute Appendicitis Complicated by Necrotizing Fasciitis Requiring Abdominal Wall Reconstruction [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care SurgeryAcute appendicitis represents one of the most common causes of acute abdomen that may warrant emergency surgery. Necrotizing fasciitis complicated by acute appendicitis is considered a rare complication with life-threatening implications.
Qi Xuan Lim +3 more
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Necrotizing Fasciitis in Children
Pediatric Annals, 2008 <P>Although mortality rates of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) in adults have been reported to be up to 34%, a recent population-based study by Eneli and Davies found children to have substantially lower rates than those reported in adults. However, failure to recognize and diagnose the condition early with resultant delay in treatment can be ...
I. Eneli +2 more
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Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Nose Complicated with Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2014 Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive life threatening bacterial infection of the skin, the subcutaneous tissue, and the fascia. We present a case of necrotizing fasciitis involving the nose complicated by cavernous sinus thrombosis.
D. Swaminath +3 more
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