Negative pressure treatment for necrotizing fasciitis after chemotherapy

We describe 2 cases of children with malignant disease who developed severe mucositis with perineal necrotizing fasciitis during severe neutropenia after chemotherapy. Treatment with topical negative pressure therapy with silver foam dressing, together with large spectrum antibiotics, resolved the p...

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Autores principales: Melchionda, Fraia, Pession, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22355518
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e33
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description We describe 2 cases of children with malignant disease who developed severe mucositis with perineal necrotizing fasciitis during severe neutropenia after chemotherapy. Treatment with topical negative pressure therapy with silver foam dressing, together with large spectrum antibiotics, resolved the problem with complete closure of the wound after 30 and 36 days of treatment, respectively.
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spelling pubmed-32832012012-02-21 Negative pressure treatment for necrotizing fasciitis after chemotherapy Melchionda, Fraia Pession, Andrea Pediatr Rep Brief Report We describe 2 cases of children with malignant disease who developed severe mucositis with perineal necrotizing fasciitis during severe neutropenia after chemotherapy. Treatment with topical negative pressure therapy with silver foam dressing, together with large spectrum antibiotics, resolved the problem with complete closure of the wound after 30 and 36 days of treatment, respectively. PAGEPress Publications 2011-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3283201/ /pubmed/22355518 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e33 Text en ©Copyright F. Melchionda and A. Pession, 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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