Abstract:
:Necrotizing lesions of the soft tissues are grave entities not infrequently seen in daily surgical practice. They may occur with epidemic proportions after natural disasters, representing a serious challenge to the surgeon since they are characteristically associated with high mortality rates unless an early diagnosis is made and prompt aggressive surgical management is initiated. Necrotizing fasciitis is the currently accepted generic term to encompass into a single category the diverse syndromes of progressive gangrenous infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissues. Necrotizing fasciitis must be viewed as a clinical entity rather than a specific type of infection: it is a clinical infection most commonly caused by a mixed aerobic/anaerobic synergistic polymicrobial combination. Zygomycetes may appear as major causal organisms (mucormycosis) and they should be actively searched for. Initial diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis is established through the characteristic physical signs. Gram stain, and, in some doubtful cases, through frozen-section tissue biopsy. Aggressive and urgent radical debridement is the key to survival, combined with wide-spectrum antibiotic therapy.
journal_name
World J Surgjournal_title
World journal of surgeryauthors
Patiño JF,Castro Ddoi
10.1007/BF01659058subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-03-01 00:00:00pages
235-9issue
2eissn
0364-2313issn
1432-2323journal_volume
15pub_type
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
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更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-001-0237-7
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-005-0293-5
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-008-9628-3
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01671165
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s002689900077
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-003-7010-z
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-009-0146-8
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-013-2306-0
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-008-9888-y
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-009-0254-5
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02067089
更新日期:1992-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00268-009-0275-0
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00