Legal Tattoo Complicated by Sepsis and Necrotizing Fasciitis Requiring Acute Surgery

A previously healthy 26-year-old male was referred to our hospital for fever occurring after getting a tattoo on the left leg. At the emergency department, he was promptly diagnosed with sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis of the left leg. The patient was empirically treated with vancomycin and piperac...

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Autores principales: Uggeri, Simona, Nasi, Francesca, Ghidoni, Marco, Gilioli, Fabio, Guicciardi, Novella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8075822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33927941
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14139

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8075822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33927941
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14139

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