Necrotizing fasciitis
Nielsen, H.U.; Rasmussen, N.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 162(12): 1745-1747
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 10766657 Document Number: 521578
Necrotizing fasciitis is a progressive destructive infection in the subcutaneous tissue. It represents a serious problem in medicine both in making the correct early diagnosis and in treatment. We describe the symptoms, the clinical and paraclinical findings and the guidelines for treatment. Nine cases of necrotizing fasciitis are reported schematically, three cases are presented in text. Only two patients survived, one of these received intravenous immunoglobulin. Of the seven dead, five received intravenous immunoglobulin.