Necrotizing fasciitis of the lower limbs

We report an uncommon severe soft-tissue infection of the thighs in a male child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Early and aggressive medical treatment and the conservative surgical approach were successful. Necrotizing fasciitis should be suspected in any soft-tissue infection until it can be de...

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Autores principales: Muggeo, Paola, Arcamone, Giampaolo, Rizzo, Antonino, Santoro, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22690310
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e4
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author Muggeo, Paola
Arcamone, Giampaolo
Rizzo, Antonino
Santoro, Nicola
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description We report an uncommon severe soft-tissue infection of the thighs in a male child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Early and aggressive medical treatment and the conservative surgical approach were successful. Necrotizing fasciitis should be suspected in any soft-tissue infection until it can be definitely ruled out, since prompt deliver of medical and surgical intervention is essential.
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spelling pubmed-33576172012-06-11 Necrotizing fasciitis of the lower limbs Muggeo, Paola Arcamone, Giampaolo Rizzo, Antonino Santoro, Nicola Pediatr Rep Case Report We report an uncommon severe soft-tissue infection of the thighs in a male child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Early and aggressive medical treatment and the conservative surgical approach were successful. Necrotizing fasciitis should be suspected in any soft-tissue infection until it can be definitely ruled out, since prompt deliver of medical and surgical intervention is essential. PAGEPress Publications 2012-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3357617/ /pubmed/22690310 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e4 Text en ©Copyright P. Muggeo et al., 2012 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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Necrotizing fasciitis of the lower limbs
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title_short Necrotizing fasciitis of the lower limbs
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22690310
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e4
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