Neonatal necrotising fasciitis - Varanasi experience

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-112

  Gangopadhyay, Ajay Narayan ^a   Pandey, Anand ^a   Upadhyay, Vijay Dutt ^a   Sharma, Shiv Prasad ^a   Gupta, Dinesh Kumar ^a   Kumar, Vijayendra ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Neonatal necrotising fasciitis; Neonatal skin necrosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NECK; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCALP; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; COHORT STUDIES; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749136974     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00350.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Fontes RA Jr., Ogilive CM, Miciau T. Necrotizing soft tissue infections. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2000 8 : 151 8.
2. Nazir Z. Necrotizing fasciitis in neonates. Pediatr Surg Int 2005 21 : 641 4.
3. Ozturk S, Zor F, Karslioglu Y, Sengezer M. Idiopathic neonatal necrotizing fasciitis of the scalp: a case report. Eur J Plast Surg 2005 28 : 368 70.
4. Hsieh WS, Yang PH, Chao HC, Lai JY. Neonatal necrotizing fasciitis: a report of three cases and review of the literature. Pediatrics 1999 103 : e53.
5. Meleney FL. Hemolytic streptococcal gangrene. Arch Surg 1924 9 : 317 64.
6. Wilson B. Necrotizing fasciitis. Am Surg 1952 18 : 416 31.
7. Legbo JN, Shehu BB. Necrotizing fasciitis: experience with 32 children. Ann Trop Paediatr 2005 25 : 183 9.
8. Atiyeh BS, Hashim HA, Rubeiz MT, Hamdan AM, Bitar FF, Serhal HM. Necrotizing infection of the orofacial tissues in neonates (noma neonatorum). Case report. Scand J Plast Reconst Hand Surg 1998 32 : 343 5.
9. Kossman T, Simmen HP, Battaglia H, Brulhart KB, Trentz O. Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the extremities. Helv Chir Acta 1994 60 : 509 11.
10. Fustes-Morales A, Gutierrez-Castrellon P, Duran-Mckinster C, Orozco-Covarrubias L, Tamavo-Sanchez L, Ruiz-Maldonado R. Necrotizing fasciitis: report of 39 pediatric cases. Arch Dermatol 2002 138 : 893 9.
11. Epps C, Brown M. Necrotizing fasciitis: a case study. Neonatal Netw 1997 16 : 19 25.
12. Lodha A, Wales PW, James A, Smith CR, Langer JC. Acute appendicitis with fulminant necrotizing fasciitis in a neonate. J Pediatr Surg 2003 38 : E5 6.
13. Ramamurthy RS, Srinivasan G, Jacobs NM. Necrotizing fasciitis and necrotizing cellulitis due to group B streptococcus. Am J Dis Child 1977 131 : 1169 70.
14. Davey C, Moore AM. Necrotizing fasciitis of the scalp in new born. Obstet Gynecol 2006 107 : 461 3.
15. Gibboney W, Lemons JA. Necrotizing fasciitis of the scalp in neonates. Am J Perinatol 1986 3 : 58 60.
16. Chalwadi UK, Biswal N, Mathai B, Kerur BM, Srinivasan S. Necrotizing fasciitis. Indian J Pediatr 2004 71 : 1042.
17. Wakhlu A, Chaudhary A, Tandon RK, Wakhlu AK. Conservative management of necrotizing fasciitis in children. J Pediatr Surg 2006 41 : 1144 8.
18. Childers BJ, Portioned LD, Nachreiner R, Rogers FR, Childers ER, Obera KC, Hendricks DL, Hardesty RA. Necrotizing fasciitis: a fourteen-year retrospective study of 163 patients. Am Surg 2002 68 : 109 16.
19. Yen ZS, Wang HP, Ma HM, Chen SC, Chen WJ. Ultrasonographic screening of clinically suspected necrotizing fasciitis. Acad Emerg Med 2002 9 : 1448 51.
20. Wysoki MG, Santora TA, Shah RM, Friedman AC. Necrotizing fasciitis: CT characteristics. Radiology 1997 203 : 859 63.
21. Sato T, Hagiwarw K, Matsuno H, Chiyokura Y, Morimoto S, Kunogi J, Akiyama O. A case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococcus: utility of magnetic resonance imaging for the preoperative diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis. J Infect Chemother 2005 11 : 160 3.
22. Stamenkovic I, Lew PD. Early recognition of potentially fatal necrotizing fasciitis: the use of frozen-section biopsy. N Engl J Med 1984 310 : 1689 93.
23. Chen JW, Broadbent RS, Thomson IA. Staphylococcal neonatal necrotizing fasciitis: survival without radical debridement. N Z Med J 1998 111 : 251 3.
24. Atiyeh BC, Zaatari AM. Necrotizing fasciitis of the upper extremity. J Emerg Med 1994 12 : 611 3.
25. Moss RL, Musemeche CA, Kosloske AM. Necrotizing fasciitis in children: prompt recognition and aggressive therapy improve survival. J Pediatr Surg 1996 31 : 1142 6.
26. Bilton BD, Zibari GB, McMillan RW, Aultman DF, Dunn G, McDonald JC. Aggressive surgical management of necrotizing fasciitis serves to decrease mortality: a retrospective study. Am Surg 1998 54 : 397 400.
27. Brook I. Cutaneous and subcutaneous infections in newborns due to anaerobic bacteria. J Perinat Med 2002 30 : 197 208.