TY - JOUR
T1 - Postabortal Anterior Abdominal Wall Necrotizing Fascitis after Hysterotomy:
A Case Report
AU - Samy Elagwany, Ahmed AU - Youssef Elsayed, Samir
JO - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL - 8
IS - 1
SP - 39
EP - 41
PY - 2014
DA - 2001/08/19
SN - 1815-9346
DO - rjmsci.2014.39.41
UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2014.39.41
KW - Necrotizing Fasciitis (NF)
KW -flesh eating disease
KW -English literature
KW -healthy woman
KW -Egypt
AB - Necrotizing Fasciitis (NF) is also known as the flesh eating disease. The incidence is rare. Mortality is a high as 40%. Very few cases have been reported in English literature. Researchers report a case of a previously healthy woman that developed necrotizing fasciitis after an uneventful hysterotomy that required antibiotics and debridment. The organisms causing were polymicrobial including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptocoocus sp. and Klebsiella sp.
ER -