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Necrotizing Fasciitis due to Candida Infection after Thyroid Surgery [PDF]
, 2020 Surgical site infections (SSIs) after thyroidectomy are very rare as it is a clean case surgery, even the patterns for the use of prophylactic antibiotics is disputable.
Aslier, Mustafa, Mustafa Aslıer
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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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Internal Medicine, 2010 Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a necrotizing soft tissue infection that can cause rapid local tissue destruction, necrosis and life-threatening severe sepsis. Predisposing conditions for NF include diabetes, malignancy, alcohol abuse, and chronic liver and kidney diseases.
Shimizu, Taro, Tokuda, Yasuharu
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Pre and retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis after COVID-19 infection: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2021 Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious infection that originates in the subcutaneous tissues. We present a case of 52 years old male patient who developed preperitoneal and retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis 2 weeks after the start of Coronavirus-19 ...
Mohamed M Elashry, MBBCH, MSC +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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Periocular Necrotizing Fasciitis Causing Posterior Orbitopathy and Vision Loss: How to Manage? [PDF]
, 2021 Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare, rapidly progressive bacterial infection. Periorbital NF may spread from the eyelid into the posterior orbit. Extent of the infection is critical in planning surgical debridement.
Bülent Yazıcı, Fatih Toka, Huri Sabur
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Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 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
Virendra N, Sehgal +4 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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IDCases, 2020 Group A Streptococcus is well established as the most common pathogen causing necrotizing fasciitis. In contrast, Group B Streptococcus (GBS, or Streptococcus agalactiae) is a rare cause of necrotizing fasciitis, particularly in adults.
Sophia Collis, Scott Hoskinson
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