Necrotizing Fasciitis : A Life-threatening Infection

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn , Issue 3, 1998, Pages 102-106

  Adant, J Ph ^a   Bluth, F ^a   Fissette, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fascia; Necrotizing fasciitis; Soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032086944     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. CROSTHWAIT Jr. R., CROSTHWAIT R., JORDAN K. Necrotizing fasciitis. J Trauma, 1964, 4 : 149-57.
2. PESSA M., HOWARD R. Necrotizing fasciitis, Surg Gynecol Obstet, 1985, 161 : 357-61.
3. ROUSE T., MALANGONI M.and SCHULTE W. Necrotizing fasciitis : a preventable disaster. Surgery, 1982, 92 : 765-70.
4. FOURNIER A. Gangrene fulminante de la verge. Semaine Med, 1883, 3 : 345.
5. BARKER F., LEPPARD B. Streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis : comparison between histological and clinical features. J Clin Palhol, 1987, 40 : 335-341.
6. WARD R., WALSCH M. Necrotizing fasciitis : 10 years experience in a district general hospital. Br J Surg, 1991, 78 : 488-89.
7. FEMGOI D D. Gangrenous and crepitant cellulitis. J Am Acad Dermatol, 1982, 6 : 289.
8. MAJESKI J. and ALEXANDER J. Early diagnostic, nutritional support and immediate extensive debridement improve survival in necrotizing fasciitis. Am J Surg, 1983, 145 : 784-7.
9. RISEMAN J., ZAMBONI W. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for necrotizing fasciitis reduces mortality and the need for debridements. Surgery, 1990, 108 : 847.
10. CLAYTON M., FOWLER J., SHARIFI R. and PEARL R. Causes, presentation and survival of 57 patients with necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia. Surg Gynecol Obst, 1990, 170 : 49-57.
11. SUDARSKY L., LASCHINGER J. Improved results from a standardized approach in treating patients with necrotizing fasciitis. Ann Surg, 1987, 206 : 661-5.
12. ENRIQUEZ J., MORENO S., DEVESA M. Fournier's syndrome of urogenital and anorectal origin. Dis Colon Rectum, 1987, 30 : 33-37.
13. Scorr S., DAWES R. The practical management of Fournier's gangrene. Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 1988, 70 : 16-20.
14. GIULIANO A., LEWIS F., HADLEY R. Bacteriology of necrotizing fasciitis. Am J Surg, 1977, 134 : 52-7.
15. ONDERDONK A., BARTLETT O. Microbial synergy in experimental intra-abdominal abscess. Infect Immun, 1976, 13 : 22.
16. KINDWALL E., GOTTLIEB L., and LARSON D. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Plastic Surgery : a review article. Plast Reconstr Surg, 1991, 88 : 898-908.
17. THOM S. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. J Intensive Care Med, 1989, 4 : 58.
18. MELENY F. Hemolytic streptococcus gangrene. Arch Surg, 1924, 9 : 317-64.