Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-Threatening Infection Due to Clostridium Species

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), soft tissue infections, are rare but rapidly progressive and life-threatening infections with high morbidity and mortality rates. Early detection and intervention by physicians are paramount in mortality prevention. We present a case report of a 77-year-old female who pre...

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Autores principales: Hechter, Sharon, Patel, Vraj, Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha, Patel, Priya, Ao, Xue, Alnabwani, Dina, Cheriyath, Pramil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350517
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22315
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author Hechter, Sharon
Patel, Vraj
Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha
Patel, Priya
Ao, Xue
Alnabwani, Dina
Cheriyath, Pramil
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description Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), soft tissue infections, are rare but rapidly progressive and life-threatening infections with high morbidity and mortality rates. Early detection and intervention by physicians are paramount in mortality prevention. We present a case report of a 77-year-old female who presented with extensive NF due to a Clostridium septicum infection.
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spelling pubmed-89338632022-03-28 Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-Threatening Infection Due to Clostridium Species Hechter, Sharon Patel, Vraj Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha Patel, Priya Ao, Xue Alnabwani, Dina Cheriyath, Pramil Cureus Internal Medicine Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), soft tissue infections, are rare but rapidly progressive and life-threatening infections with high morbidity and mortality rates. Early detection and intervention by physicians are paramount in mortality prevention. We present a case report of a 77-year-old female who presented with extensive NF due to a Clostridium septicum infection. Cureus 2022-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8933863/ /pubmed/35350517 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22315 Text en Copyright © 2022, Hechter et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Hechter, Sharon
Patel, Vraj
Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha
Patel, Priya
Ao, Xue
Alnabwani, Dina
Cheriyath, Pramil
Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-Threatening Infection Due to Clostridium Species
title Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-Threatening Infection Due to Clostridium Species
title_full Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-Threatening Infection Due to Clostridium Species
title_fullStr Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-Threatening Infection Due to Clostridium Species
title_full_unstemmed Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-Threatening Infection Due to Clostridium Species
title_short Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-Threatening Infection Due to Clostridium Species
title_sort necrotizing fasciitis: a life-threatening infection due to clostridium species
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350517
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22315
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