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[18F]FDG PET/CT in Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Case Series Investigating the Clinical Utility in a Challenging and Rare Condition.
Indian J Nucl Med
November 2024
Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, TMC Annexe, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Necrotizing fasciitis is a deadly yet rare soft tissue and skin infection that is usually diagnosed clinically. At times, clinical signs may betray the underlying etiology and masquerade as cellulitis in the early course of the disease. We report four cases with clinical suspicion of necrotizing fasciitis, some after the failure of therapy for cellulitis who underwent 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18-F FDG PET/CT) showing the extent of the disease, showing subclinical sites of involvement in patients with necrotizing fasciitis on baseline scan as well as its role in assessing response to treatment using 18-F FDG PET/CT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical Presentation and Treatment Outcomes of Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Prospective Comparative Study of Children and Adults in Sokoto.
J West Afr Coll Surg
July 2024
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Background: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a severe soft tissue infection typified by swiftly spreading necrosis of the fascia and subcutaneous fat with successive necrosis of the skin which affects all age groups.
Objective: To compare the clinical presentation and treatment outcome of NF between children and adults.
Materials And Methods: A prospective descriptive study of all patients presenting with NF to the (Usmanu Danfodiyo Univrersity Teaching Hospital, Sokoto), from September 2018 to August 2019.
Above-Knee Amputation in a 69-Year-Old Male with Gouty Tophi Complicated by Necrotizing Fasciitis - A Case Report.
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December 2024
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Gout is the most prevalent form of inflammatory arthritis in males as a result of high uric acid levels that cause deposition of monosodium urate crystals in soft tissues, bones and joints. It commonly presents as swollen, erythematous and painful joint. Necrotizing fasciitis is rapidly progressing aggressive soft tissue infection that spreads along the fascial planes sparing the skin; it is very uncommon for necrotizing fasciitis to occur as a complication of gouty arthritis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManagement of acute necrotizing fasciitis: A case report and literature review.
Asian J Surg
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Nosocomial Transmission of Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Molecular Characterization of Group A Streptococcal DNases in Clinical Virulence.
Microorganisms
October 2024
Molecular Bacteriology, European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology (EPIV), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium.
, or Group A (GAS), is responsible for over 500,000 deaths per year. Approximately 15% of these deaths are caused by necrotizing soft-tissue infections. In 2008, we isolated an M5 GAS, named the LO1 strain, responsible for the nosocomial transmission of necrotizing fasciitis between a baby and a nurse in Belgium.
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