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A rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis
Circumcision is generally a safe procedure with rare serious adverse events. We report the case of a 7-month-old male who developed necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of his buried penis. A high index of suspicion must be present to diagnose necrotizing fasciitis, and treatment...
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2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10641598/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37965119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102605 |
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| author | Weiss, Jason Le, Hoang-Kim |
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| description | Circumcision is generally a safe procedure with rare serious adverse events. We report the case of a 7-month-old male who developed necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of his buried penis. A high index of suspicion must be present to diagnose necrotizing fasciitis, and treatment involves early, aggressive debridement, and broad spectrum antibiotics. |
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| spelling | pubmed-106415982023-11-14 A rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis Weiss, Jason Le, Hoang-Kim Urol Case Rep Pediatrics Circumcision is generally a safe procedure with rare serious adverse events. We report the case of a 7-month-old male who developed necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of his buried penis. A high index of suspicion must be present to diagnose necrotizing fasciitis, and treatment involves early, aggressive debridement, and broad spectrum antibiotics. Elsevier 2023-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10641598/ /pubmed/37965119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102605 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| spellingShingle | Pediatrics Weiss, Jason Le, Hoang-Kim A rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis |
| title | A rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis |
| title_full | A rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis |
| title_fullStr | A rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis |
| title_short | A rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis |
| title_sort | rare case of necrotizing soft tissue infection following circumcision of buried penis |
| topic | Pediatrics |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10641598/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37965119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102605 |
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