Bilateral non‐contiguous necrotizing fasciitis of the lower extremities

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an uncommon soft tissue infection. Multifocal‐extremity NF is a rarity with high mortality rates. Herein we report a case of bilateral non‐contiguous NF of the lower extremities due to Escherichia coli with a fatal outcome, stressing the necessity of rapid and aggressiv...

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Autores principales: Bender, Sascha T., Ganz, Maximilian, Mertens, Peter R., Gross, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6873
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author Bender, Sascha T.
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description Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an uncommon soft tissue infection. Multifocal‐extremity NF is a rarity with high mortality rates. Herein we report a case of bilateral non‐contiguous NF of the lower extremities due to Escherichia coli with a fatal outcome, stressing the necessity of rapid and aggressive intervention in suspected cases.
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spelling pubmed-98510882023-01-24 Bilateral non‐contiguous necrotizing fasciitis of the lower extremities Bender, Sascha T. Ganz, Maximilian Mertens, Peter R. Gross, Christian Clin Case Rep Case Report Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an uncommon soft tissue infection. Multifocal‐extremity NF is a rarity with high mortality rates. Herein we report a case of bilateral non‐contiguous NF of the lower extremities due to Escherichia coli with a fatal outcome, stressing the necessity of rapid and aggressive intervention in suspected cases. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9851088/ /pubmed/36698513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6873 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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