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Invasive liver abscess syndrome complicated by carbapenem-resistant infection: a case report.
Front Med (Lausanne)
January 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Kunshan, China.
Background: A liver abscess caused by hypervirulent can lead to multiple invasive extrahepatic infections, including lung abscesses, endophthalmitis, brain abscesses, and necrotizing fasciitis. This condition, known as liver abscess invasion syndrome, progresses rapidly and is associated with severe illness, high disability rates, and significant mortality. However, bloodstream infections with co-infection involving carbapenem-resistant are exceedingly rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe CRP/PAB ratio outperforms the LRINEC score in early diagnosis of Fournier's gangrene.
Surg Pract Sci
December 2024
Department of Gastrointestinal and Anal Diseases, Shenyang Coloproctology Hospital, Shenyang, PR China.
Background: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is scarce and potentially fatal disease. Although the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) score was established in 2004, its reliability as a diagnostic tool to differentiate between FG and perianal abscess is still debated. The objective of this study was to assess the reliability of the LRINEC score and other relevant inflammatory markers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Case of Fournier's Gangrene in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Cureus
December 2024
General Internal Medicine, Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus, Hialeah, USA.
Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a type of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the abdomen or perineum. It is a polymicrobial infection that progresses to an obliterating endarteritis, causing thrombosis and subsequent tissue necrosis, allowing pathogenic invasion of interfacial planes.Patients with Fournier's gangrene typically have underlying systemic conditions that cause vascular insufficiencies or immunosuppression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase report: A case of severe lower limb necrotizing fasciitis caused by an insulin injection has been reported.
Front Med (Lausanne)
January 2025
Department of Orthopedics, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare but life-threatening soft tissue infection, often accompanied by severe systemic toxicity. Early detection and prompt treatment are critical for survival. We report a case of NF in a 53-year-old diabetic woman following a subcutaneous insulin injection in the thigh.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNecrotizing fasciitis developing in a hidradenitis suppurativa lesion associated with undiagnosed diabetes: A case report.
J Dermatol
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.
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