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 <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I>, <I>Streptocoocus</I> sp. and <I>Klebsiella</I> sp.
ER  -