Necrotizing fasciitis in children: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Barton, Leslie L ^a   Jeck, David T ^a   Vaidya, Vinay U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Arizona Health Sciences Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030031966     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170260109020     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Invasive group A streptococcal infections - United Kingdom, 1994 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1994;43:401-402 International notes
2. Wilson HD, Haltalin KC Acute necrotizing fasciitis in childhood: Report of 11 cases AJDC 1973;125 591-595
3. Meleney FL. Hemolytic streptococcal gangrene Arch Surg. 1924;9:317-364.
4. Wilson B. Necrotizing fasciitis. Am Surg 1952;18:416-431
5. Stevens DL Invasive group A streptococcal infections: the past, present and future Pediatr Infect Dis J 1994;13:561-566
6. Rea WJ, Wyrick WJ Jr Necrotizing fasciitis Ann Surg 1970;172:957-964
7. Umbert IJ, Winkelmann RK, Oliver GF, Peters MD. Necrotizing fasciitis J Am Acad Dermatol 1989;20 774-781.
8. Goldberg GN, Hansen RC, Lynch PJ Necrotizing fasciitis in infancy: report of three cases and review of the literature Pediatr Dermatol 1984;2 55-63
9. Falcone PA, Pricolo VE, Edstrom LE. Necrotizing fasciitis as a complication of chickenpox Clin Pediatr. 1988;7:339-343.
10. Farrell LD, Karl SR, Davis PK, Bellinger MF, Ballantine TVN Postoperative necrotizing fasciitis in children. Pediatrics 1988;82:874-879
11. Freeman RM, Simpson DC, Derrick CW. Streptococcal gangrene in an infant with congenital lymphedema South Med J. 1973;66:830-832
12. Sirinavin S, Likitnukul S, Lolekha S Aeromonas septicemia in infants and children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1984;3:122-124.
13. Lin C-Y, Hsu C-H, Liu K-C, Chen C-L, Hsu H-C. Serial immunologic and histopathologic studies in the treatment of necrotizing fasciitis with combined immunodeficiency by a bovine thymic extract (thymostimulin). J Pediatr Surg 1986;21:1000-1004
14. Kosloske AM, Cushing AH, Borden TA, et al Cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall in pediatric patients J Pediatr Surg. 1981;16:246-251.
15. Rimailho A, Riou B, Richard C, Auzepy P Fulminant necrotizing fasciitis and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs J Infect Dis 1987;155:143-146
16. Dolmans S, Bostoen H, Allegaert W Necrotizing fasciitis: an usual soft tissue infection Acta Chir Belg. 1974;5 563-571.
17. Goldwag DA, Purcell TB Necrotizing fasciitis in the pediatric age group: report of a case. J Emerg Med 1990;8 299-304
18. Ramamurthy RS, Srinivasan G, Jacobs NM. Necrotizing fasciitis and necrotizing cellulitis due to group B streptococcus. AJDC 1977;131:1169-1170.
19. Bomar WE, Ferlauto JJ, Wells DH. An unusual presentation of a β hemolytic group B streptococcal infection. J Pediatr Surg 1980;15:683-685.
20. Collette CJ, Southerland D, Corrall CJ Necrotizing fasciitis associated with Haemophilus influenzae type b. AJDC. 1987;141:1146-1148.
21. Woo ML, Patrick WGD, Simon MTP, French GL Necrotising fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus J Clin Pathol 1984;37:1301-1304
22. Duncan BW, Adzick NS, deLorimer AA, et al Necrotizing fasciitis in two children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia J Pediatr Surg. 1992;27 668-671.
23. Bush JK, Givner LB, Whitaker SH, Anderson DC, Percy AK Necrotizing fasciitis of the parapharyngeal space with carotid artery occlusion and acute hemiplegia. Pediatrics 1984;73 343-347
24. Giuliano A, Lewis F, Hadley K, Blaisdell FW. Bacteriology of necrotizing fasciitis. Am J Surg 1977;134:52-57
25. Bailie FB, Linehan IP, Hadfield GJ, Gillett AP, Bailey BN. Infective cutaneous gangrene - urgency in diagnosis and treatment Ann Plast Surg. 1987; 19:238-246
26. Kyong CC, Smith CD, Otherson HB. Necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall as a complication of chickenpox. Pediatr Infect Dis. 1985;4:420-421
27. Smith EWP, Garson A, Boyleston JA, Katz SL, Wilfert CM Varicella gangrenosa due to group A β-hemolytic streptococcus Pediatrics 1976;57:306-310.
28. Zittergruen M, Grose C Magnetic resonance imaging for early diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis Pediatr Emerg Care. 1993;9:26-28.
29. Schwarz G, Sagy M, Barzilay Z Multifocal necrotizing fasciitis in varicella Pediatr Emerg Care 1989;5:31-33.
30. Jackson MA, Burry VF, Olson LC. Multisystem group A β-hemolytic streptococcal disease in children. Rev Infect Dis 1991;13:783-788
31. Wheeler MC, Roe MH, Kaplan EL, Schlievert PM, Todd JK. Outbreak of group A streptococcus septicemia in children. JAMA 1991;266 533-537.
32. Ware JC, Eich WF, Ruben EB, Malone JA, Schlievert PM, Gray BM. Streptococcal toxic shock in three Alabama children Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1993, 12 765-769
33. Doctor A, Fleisher GR, Harper MB, Varicella (VZV) associated invasive group A β-hemolytic streptococcus infections Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1994; 148 P65-P66. Abstract No 174
34. Givner LB, Abramson JS, Wasilauskas B Apparent increase in the incidence of invasive group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal disease in children J Pediatr. 1991;118:341-346
35. Hoge CW, Schwartz B, Talkington DF, Breiman RF, MacNeill EM, Englender SJ The changing epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal infections and the emergence of streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome JAMA 1993;269 384-389
36. Demers B, Simor AE, Vellend PM, et al Severe invasive group A streptococcal infections in Ontario, Canada 1987-1991. Clin Infect Dis 1993;16 792-800.
37. Tehrani MA, Ledingham IM Necrotizing fasciitis Postgrad Med J 1977;53: 237-242
38. Stamenkovic I, Lew PD. Early recognition of potentially fatal necrotizing fasciitis: the use of frozen-section biopsy. N Engl J Med 1984;310:1689-1693
39. Fisher JR, Conway MJ, Takeshita RT, Sandoval MR. Necrotizing fasciitis, importance of roentgenographic studies for soft-tissue gas. JAMA. 1979;241:803-806
40. Stevens DL Invasive group A streptococcus infections. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 14 2-11.
41. Eagle H. Experimental approach to the problem of treatment failure with penicillin, I. group A streptococcal infection in mice. Am J Med 1952;13:389-399.
42. Stevens DL, Gibbons AE, Bergstrom R, Winn V The Eagle effect revisited J Infect Dis 1988;158:23-28.
43. Wilkerson R, Paull W, Coville FV Necrotizing fasciitis review of the literature and case report. Clin Orthop 1985;216 187-192.
44. Riseman JA, Zamboni WA, Curtis A, Graham DR, Konrad HR, Ross DS Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for necrotizing fasciitis reduces mortality and the need for débridements. Surgery 1990;108:847-850
45. Majeski JA, Alexander JW. Early diagnosis, nutritional support, and immediate extensive debridement improve survival in necrotizing fasciitis. Am J Surg. 1983;145:784-787
46. Sawin RS, Schaller RT, Tapper DT, Morgan A, Cahill J Early recognition of neonatal abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis Am J Surg 1994;167:481-484.
47. Rose GE, Howard DJ, Watts MR. Periorbital necrotising fasciitis Eye 1991; 5 736-740
48. Gibboney W, Lemons JA Necrotizing fasciitis of the scalp in neonates. Am J Perinatol. 1986;3:58-60.
49. Wilson GJ, Talkington DF, Gruber W, Edwards K, Dermody TS Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis following varicella in children: case reports and review. Clin Infect Dis 1995;20:1333-1338.
50. Brogan TV, Nizet V, Waldhausen JHT, Rubens CE, Clarke WR Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis complicating primary varicella a series of fourteen patients Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995;14 588-594