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Serratia marcescens necrotizing fasciitis presenting as bilateral breast necrosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.
Moore, Thomas A.   +3 more
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NECROTIZING FASCIITIS OF THE POSTERIOR CERVICAL COMPARTMENT: AN ATYPICAL CASE DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE

open access: yes, 2012
Necrotizing fasciitis is a fulminant infection that affects the deep and superficial fascia while initially sparing the overlying skin and underlying muscle.
Abramo, Alessandro; Department of Otorhinolaryngology - ULSS 13 – General Hospital of Mirano Via Mariutto, 76 - 30035 – MIRANO (VENICE) - Italy   +3 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis after cosmetic blepharoplasty

open access: yes, 1999
PURPOSE: To report a case of necrotizing fasciitis after cosmetic blepharoplasty. METHOD: Case report. A 74-year-old woman with history of type II diabetes mellitus underwent bilateral upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
Johnson, Thomas E   +7 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis: epidemiology and clinical predictors for amputation

open access: yes, 2015
Patcharin Khamnuan,1,2 Wilaiwan Chongruksut,3 Kijja Jearwattanakanok,4 Jayanton Patumanond,5 Apichat Tantraworasin3 1Clinical Epidemiology Program, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 2Department of Nursing, Phayao Hospital, Phayao ...
Khamnuan P   +4 more
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Sonographic Detection of Necrotizing Fasciitis

open access: yes, 2017
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life-threatening, flesh-eating bacterial infection that quickly destroys soft tissue beneath the skin. Left untreated, it can result in the loss of limbs or even death.
Melissa L. Clark, Kelsy L. Fisher
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Necrotizing fasciitis – a rare complication following common obstetric operative procedures: report of two cases

open access: yes, 2015
Robin Medhi, Suditi Rai, Arpana Das, Mansur Ahmed, Banani Das Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India Abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis, a near-fatal soft-tissue infection complicating ...
Medhi R, Das B, Das A, Rai S, Ahmed M
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Necrotizing Fascitis in a 47-Year Old Diabetic Man: Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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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Tube Thoracostomy-Related Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Case Report

open access: yesKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2006
Spontaneous pneumothorax is a serious complication of pulmonary tuberculosis that requires immediate treatment. Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious, rapidly progressive infection of the subcutaneous tissue and fascia, most related to trauma or surgery ...
Shun-Pin Hsu   +4 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis of the finger

open access: yesIDCases, 2019
A 62 year old woman with a medical history of hypertension presented to her local general practice with moderate pain in the right ring finger which worsened over a few hours after onset. Her condition progressed swiftly into sepsis and required hospital admission in the intensive care unit.
Zeyad Albadri, Kutaiba Salman
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Klebsiella pneumoniae necrotizing fasciitis of the leg in an elderly French woman

open access: yes, 2014
Marguerite Monié,1 Laurence Drieux,2–4 Bernadette Nzili,1 Michèle Dicko,5 Catherine Goursot,1 Sandrine Greffard,6 Dominique Decré,3,4,7 Anthony Mézière1 1Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), GHU ...
Drieux L   +7 more
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