Necrotizing fasciitis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1991 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Journal of British Surgery, volume 78, pages 838-840 (issn: 0007-1323, eissn: 1365-2168,

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Authors: S K, Asfar; A, Baraka; T, Juma; A, Ma'Rafie; T, Aladeen; H, al Sayer;

doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800780722

pmid: 1873715

Necrotizing fasciitis

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Abstract

Abstract Ten cases of necrotizing fasciitis are reviewed. Three patients died but only two of these deaths were due to uncontrolled septicaemia. All isolated organisms were sensitive to a combination of piperacillin and ampicillin which we now regard as the initial antibiotic combination of choice. Prompt and aggressive surgical debridement remains the cornerstone of management.

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Amiri Hospital
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Keywords

Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Piperacillin, Middle Aged, Combined Modality Therapy, Necrosis, Debridement, Sepsis, Humans, Ampicillin, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Fasciitis, Aged

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