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| | eMedicine - Necrotizing Fasciitis : Article by Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | NF may occur as a complication of a variety of surgical procedures, including cardiac catheterization (Federman, 2004). |
 | | NF may develop after skin biopsy; at needle puncture sites in those use illicit drugs; and after episodes of frostbite, chronic venous leg ulcers, open bone fractures, insect bites, surgical wounds, and skin abscesses. |
 | | NF patients were more likely to have skin areas of ischemia or necrosis, fluid-filled vesicles, and severe sepsis or septic shock. |
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