Necrotizing fasciitis of anterior abdominal wall following cesarean section in a low-risk patient

We report a case of a mono-microbial post-cesarean necrotizing fasciitis caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, in a low-risk healthy woman who presented with acute fulminant infection, sepsis and features of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome on sixth post-operative day. Aggressive ma...

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Autores principales: Chhetry, Manisha, Banerjee, Basudeb, Subedi, Shanti, Koirala, Ashok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27402541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw122
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author Chhetry, Manisha
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description We report a case of a mono-microbial post-cesarean necrotizing fasciitis caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, in a low-risk healthy woman who presented with acute fulminant infection, sepsis and features of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome on sixth post-operative day. Aggressive management with multiple surgical debridement and supportive therapy was the key to favorable outcome in this case.
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spelling pubmed-49379952016-07-11 Necrotizing fasciitis of anterior abdominal wall following cesarean section in a low-risk patient Chhetry, Manisha Banerjee, Basudeb Subedi, Shanti Koirala, Ashok J Surg Case Rep Case Report We report a case of a mono-microbial post-cesarean necrotizing fasciitis caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, in a low-risk healthy woman who presented with acute fulminant infection, sepsis and features of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome on sixth post-operative day. Aggressive management with multiple surgical debridement and supportive therapy was the key to favorable outcome in this case. Oxford University Press 2016-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4937995/ /pubmed/27402541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw122 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_fullStr Necrotizing fasciitis of anterior abdominal wall following cesarean section in a low-risk patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27402541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw122
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