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Necrotizing Fascitis in a 47-Year Old Diabetic Man: Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2009 Necrotizing fasciitis is one of the rare complications of misdiagnosed appendicitis with the mortality rate of over 25%.We report a 47-year old diabetic man admitted with necrotizing fasciitis of flank and abdominal wall secondary to acute appendicitis ...
M Aghaei afshar, A SHah esmaeili
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A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2016 Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious disease characterized by the necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues and fascia. E. coli as the etiologic agent of necrotizing fasciitis is a rare occurrence. A 66-year-old woman underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with
Sadjia Bekal +5 more
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Microvascular reconstruction after extensive cervical necrotizing fasciitis: A case series
Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports, 2019 In patients with cervical necrotizing fasciitis undergoing extensive surgical debridement, vascularized reconstruction may be required. Little is known regarding the outcomes for free tissue transfer in the setting of a prior necrotizing infection in the
Rajan P. Dang +3 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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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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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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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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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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The Egyptian Journal of Internal MedicineNecrotizing fasciitis is relatively common in clinical practice and is often characterized by extensive and rapid necrosis of subcutaneous tissue and fascia.
Fang Zhang +7 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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