UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NECROTIZING FASCITIS: A CASE SERIES REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive, potentially fatal infection of the superficial fascia and subcutaneous tissue. It is rare in children. We report three such cases in which differentiating from common soft tissue infection was challenging. High index of suspicion is important as manage...

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Autores principales: Purkait, Radheshyam, Samanta, Tryambak, Basu, Biswanath, Ganguly, Sutapa
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430902
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74571
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author Purkait, Radheshyam
Samanta, Tryambak
Basu, Biswanath
Ganguly, Sutapa
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description Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive, potentially fatal infection of the superficial fascia and subcutaneous tissue. It is rare in children. We report three such cases in which differentiating from common soft tissue infection was challenging. High index of suspicion is important as management initiated at an early stage is rewarding.
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spelling pubmed-30513092011-03-22 UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NECROTIZING FASCITIS: A CASE SERIES REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL Purkait, Radheshyam Samanta, Tryambak Basu, Biswanath Ganguly, Sutapa Indian J Dermatol Case Report Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive, potentially fatal infection of the superficial fascia and subcutaneous tissue. It is rare in children. We report three such cases in which differentiating from common soft tissue infection was challenging. High index of suspicion is important as management initiated at an early stage is rewarding. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3051309/ /pubmed/21430902 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74571 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Purkait, Radheshyam
Samanta, Tryambak
Basu, Biswanath
Ganguly, Sutapa
UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NECROTIZING FASCITIS: A CASE SERIES REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NECROTIZING FASCITIS: A CASE SERIES REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_full UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NECROTIZING FASCITIS: A CASE SERIES REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_fullStr UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NECROTIZING FASCITIS: A CASE SERIES REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_full_unstemmed UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NECROTIZING FASCITIS: A CASE SERIES REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_short UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NECROTIZING FASCITIS: A CASE SERIES REPORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_sort unusual associations of necrotizing fascitis: a case series report from a tertiary care hospital
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051309/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74571
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