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What diagnostic strategies can help differentiate cellulitis from other causes of red legs in primary care [PDF]

, 2020
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Edwards, George, Freeman, Karoline, Harward, Gail, Llewelyn, Martin J   +3 more
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Fatal Salmonella Typhi Necrotising Fasciitis following Intra-articular Steroid Injection

Journal of Lumbini Medical College, 2013
Intra-articular steroids administration in the absence of aseptic precautions can have disastrous consequences. Immunocompromised patients are at an increased risk of developing infections following such procedures.
Sagar Narang, Prakash Sapkota
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Postoperative necrotising fasciitis of the lower limb as an unexpected complication of vascular surgery procedure: Case report [PDF]

Scripta Medica, 2023
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare and severe disease, acute infection, often life-threatening, characterised by rapid and progressive spread through the subcutaneous tissue and superficial fascia.
Zogić Enes, Alihodžić Kemal, Toković Demir, Nicević Aldin, Detanac Džemail S.   +4 more
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Factors Related to Mortality in Patients with Fournier’s Gangrene or Necrotising Fasciitis; a 10-year Cross-Sectional Study

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a life-threatening disease, even with early diagnosis and administration of vigorous treatment, its mortality rate is high.
Anahita Ansari Djafari, Amirhossein Rahavian, Babak Javanmard, Saeed Montazeri, Vahid Shahabi, Seyyed Ali Hojati, Saleh Ghiasy, Ramin Hamidi, jalallodin khoshnevis   +8 more
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Immediate nasal reconstruction with a forehead flap in a 2.5-year-old girl following Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced necrotising fasciitis – A case report and literature review

JPRAS Open, 2017
Necrotising Fasciitis (NF) can be a devastating condition. It is rare to occur in the Head and Neck region and reportedly rare to occur in children.
Sheikhan Nasser Al-Hashmi, Arun Sethu, Said Saud Al-Busaidi, Maimuna Nelofer   +3 more
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Necrotising fasciitis following a monkey bite

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2022
Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is rapidly spreading bacterial infection of a facial plane. It has a higher mortality rate in patients with diabetes and immunocompromised state. The initial presentation mimics cellulitis and most of the cases are misdiagnosed.
Jayabal Pandiaraja
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Use of Infrared Thermography in Diagnosing Necrotizing Fasciitis in the Emergency Department: A Case Study [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Necrotizing fasciitis is a difficult diagnosis with a very high mortality. However, thermal imaging has the potential to identify increasing skin temperature and rapid progression.
Brabrand, Mikkel, Dahlin, Jan, Fløjstrup, Marianne, Michelsen, Jens, Nielsen, Louise Gramstrup, Sørensen, Jens Ahm, Zwisler, Stine Thorhauge   +6 more
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Necrotising fasciitis caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2022
We present a case of a 35 year old male who presented to hospital with fever and necrotising fasciitis of the left lower limb. He was successfully treated with intravenous antibiotics and undergoing a left hip disarticulation amputation.
Scott Rory Hicks, Krishna Banavathi
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Incidence, contributing factors, and predictors of diagnostic errors in medical inpatients: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Diagnostic error is a major patient safety concern in hospitals, yet most studies have focused on selected high‐risk subgroups, leaving the broader general internal medicine inpatient population understudied. Objectives To determine the incidence, contributing factors, resulting harm, and predictors of diagnostic error in medical ...
Caterina E. Marx, Elena Hofmann, Martin Perrig, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Wolf Hautz, Jörg P. Isenegger, Ernst Lipp, Drahomir Aujesky, Manuel R. Blum, Tobias Tritschler   +9 more
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Necrotising fasciitis : a case report [PDF]

, 2013
Necrotising fasciitis is a rapidly progressive and potentially lifethreatening bacterial infection involving the subcutaneous tissues and fascia which can result in extensive tissue necrosis and severe sepsis.
Vella Critien, Rachel
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