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Cervical necrotizing fasciitis and acute mediastinitis of odontogenic origin: a case series [PDF]

, 2017
Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is an uncommon infection. Early signs and symptoms include fever, severe pain and swelling, and redness at the wound site. Moreover, fulminant evolution and high mortality rate are typical of this pathology.
Cabello Serrano, Almudena, Cariati, Paolo, García Medina, Blas, Monsalve Iglesias, Fernando, Valencia Laseca, Alfredo   +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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Serratia marcescens necrotizing fasciitis presenting as bilateral breast necrosis [PDF]

, 2012
Serratia marcescens is an extremely rare cause of necrotizing fasciitis. We report the first case of necrotizing fasciitis of the chest wall due to infection with S. marcescens that initially manifested as bilateral breast necrosis.
Aucken, Bachmeyer, Biedenbach, Carbonell, Curtis, Engel, Green, Huang, L. Seoane, Laupland, Liangpunsakul, Marty, McHenry, Moet, Molla, Newton, Rimailho, Sarani, Shmuely, Statham, T. A. Moore, T. Rehman, Vidal, Zipper   +23 more
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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, Bayram Veyseller, Omer Vural, Orhan Ozturan   +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, Brent M Lewis, Mihir Odak, Joshua Bucher   +3 more
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Severe infections of Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus in children [PDF]

, 2019
Infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA) mostly present as recurrent skin abscesses and furunculosis.
Bernuth, Horst von, Bührer, Christoph, Gratopp, Alexander, Hanitsch, Leif Gunnar, Holzhauer, Susanne, Hoppe, Pia-Alice, Humme, Daniel, Kallinich, Tilmann, Kieslich, Moritz, Krüger, Renate, Lala, Birgit, Lau, Susanne, Leistner, Rasmus, Niebank, Michaela, Pokrywka, Anna, Ringe, Hannelore, Schaper, Anne-Sophie, Schröder, Jennyver-Tabea, Schwarz, Carsten, Staab, Doris, Stegemann, Miriam Songa, Thee, Stephanie, Varnholt, Verena, Weber-Carstens, Steffen, Wendt, Anke   +24 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, Wei-Hsiu Hsu, Kuo-Chin Huang, Pei-An Yu, Chi-Lung Chen, Liang Tseng Kuo   +5 more
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Prospective surveillance of invasive group a streptococcal disease, Fiji, 2005-2007. [PDF]

, 2001
We undertook a prospective active surveillance study of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease in Fiji over a 23-month period, 2005-2007. We identified 64 cases of invasive GAS disease, which represents an average annualized all-ages incidence of 9.
Andrew C. Steer, Adam Jenney, Joseph Kado, Michael F. Good, Michael Batzloff, Lepani Waqatakirewa, E. Kim Mullholland, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Steer, Hoge, Carapetis, Lamagni, O'Brien, Li, O’Loughlin, Steer, Beall, Berkley, Norton, Carapetis, Zimmet, Collins, Finger, Tiu, O'Grady, Zurawski, Tyrrell, Eriksson, Bessen, Wagner, Sharma, Bisno, Kotloff, McNeil   +33 more
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Necrotizing Fasciitis

Orthopedics, 2006
Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon, rapidly spreading infection, affecting primarily the deep fascia, which may result in secondary necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue, fascia and muscle. We report a patient that had the cardinal features; namely, excruciatingly painful lesions, demonstration of gas in the tissue and an obnoxious foul odor, prominent
James, Perin, Carlene, Gentles, Harry J, Griffiths   +2 more
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