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	Staphylococcal necrotizing fasciitis after Plastibell circumcision
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially life-threatening infection of subcutaneous tissues and Scarpa's fascia that rarely affect neonates.
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a surgical emergency resulting from infection of the subcutaneous tissue and superficial fascia by a variety of bacteria.
		Necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed and the patient was taken immediately to the operating room where he underwent debridement of the involved tissue.
	www.cirp.org /library/complications/bliss (1827 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and life-threatening soft-tissue infection that is usually caused by toxin-producing bacteria.
		The actual incidence of necrotizing fasciitis is complicated by the use of multiple terms to describe the same clinical entity (acute non-clostridial crepitant cellulitis, non-clostridial gas gangrene, synergistic necrotizing cellulitis, necrotizing cellulitis, bacterial synergistic gangrene, gangrenous or necrotizing erysipelas, hemolytic streptococcal gangrene, and Fournier’s gangrene).
		In necrotizing fasciitis, approximately 10% of cases are due to aerobes, 20% due to anaerobes, and 70% of cases due to mixed flora.
	intmedweb.wfubmc.edu /grand_rounds/1998/necrotizing_fasciitis.html (0 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and often fatal soft-tissue infection involving the superficial fascial layers of the extremities, abdomen, or perineum.
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare entity in the pediatric population.
		Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a life-threatening infection involving rapid necrosis of subcutaneous and fascial tissues.
	www.thedoctorsdoctor.com /diseases/fasciitis_necrotizing.htm (5372 words)

	Dr. Koop - Necrotizing Fasciitis- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
		Necrotizing Fasciitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue, which may be caused by streptococcal or other types of infection, an injury, or an autoimmune reaction.
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe infection that leads to necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and adjacent fascia.
		Treatment of necrotizing fasciitis is most effective if the infection is recognized in time.
	www.drkoop.com /encyclopedia/43/400.html (608 words)

	Health: Necrotizing Fasciitis
		Necrotizing fasciitis is an infection of the fascia, a thin layer of tissue supporting the muscles of the body.
		Since it is known that necrotizing fasciitis occurs in 5% to 10% of all persons with severe group A streptococcal infections, and that death occurs in 20% to 30% of fasciitis patients, necrotizing fasciitis probably causes from 100 to 450 deaths in the United States each year.
		Because some cases of necrotizing fasciitis have occurred in children with chickenpox, widespread use of the chickenpox vaccine may help prevent some cases of necrotizing fasciitis.
	www.dsf.health.state.pa.us /health/CWP/view.asp?A=171&QUESTION_ID=230485 (315 words)

	s000627b - Necrotizing Fasciitis
		Abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis, by nature of its high inoculum of aggressive bacteria and the depth of the fascial involvement, is one of the most serious infections known to humans.
		Abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening, invasive soft-tissue infection that is characterized by widespread, rapidly developing necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and fascia.
		Abstract: BACKGROUND: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an aggressive bacterial infection of the superficial fascia and subcutaneous tissues that is increasing in incidence.
	www.emory.edu /WHSCL/grady/amreport/litsrch99/s000627b.html (7923 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis: An Overview - Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 2001 \| American Academy of Orthotists & ...
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressing bacterial infection of the soft tissue that destroys the subcutaneous fat and fascia.
		Necrotizing fasciitis, which is caused solely by the strep A bacteria, falls under the invasive category.
		Symptoms of a necrotizing fasciitis infection include swelling and redness of the infected limb, clear blisters in the rash which then turn a dark purple color, severe pain, and in many cases a minor trauma to the skin near the infected area.
	www.oandp.org /jpo/library/2001_03_083.asp (2909 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis, Medical Malpractice Alerts, Volume 1, Issue 2, April 2000
		BACKGROUND: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an aggressive bacterial infection of the superficial fascia and subcutaneous tissues that is increasing in incidence.
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressing, synergistic bacterial infection of fascia with a reported average mortality of about 40%.
		Necrotizing fasciitis, by nature of its high inoculum of aggressive bacteria and the depth of the fascial involvement, is one of the most serious infections known to humans.
	www.medlit.info /guests/alerts/necrotizingv1i2.htm (1637 words)

	Necrotizing fasciitis Summary
		Necrotizing fasciitis or fasciitis necroticans, commonly known as "flesh-eating bacteria", is a rare infection of the deeper layers of skin and subcutaneous tissues (fascia).
		Patients with necrotizing fasciitis typically have a fever and appear very ill. More severe cases progress within hours, and the death rate is high, about 25%.
		Necrotizing fasciitis is mentioned by Dick Harper in the Jim Carrey movie, "Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)," during the robbery of AmeriBank.
	www.bookrags.com /Necrotizing_fasciitis (1555 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Case of Clostridial Myonecrosis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life threatening, invasive soft tissue infection characterized by widespread, rapidly developing necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and fascia.
		Necrotizing fasciitis usually begins as cellulitis, but it quickly becomes evident that the infection is more complex and life threatening than cellulitis alone.
		Necrotizing fasciitis and gangrene of the upper extremity.
	www.aacn.org /AACN/jrnlajcc.nsf/GetArticle/ArticleSeven103?OpenDocument= (2986 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria)
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare bacterial infection that can destroy skin and the soft tissues beneath it, including fat and the tissue covering the muscles (fascia).
		Necrotizing fasciitis is caused by several kinds of bacteria.
		Another type of necrotizing fasciitis may be caused by multiple bacteria found in the intestine; this type most often affects people with diabetes or peripheral arterial disease.
	www.everettclinic.com /kbase/topic/mini/hw140405/overview.htm (865 words)

	CIGNA - Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Usually, by the time a person with necrotizing fasciitis sees a doctor, the illness has rapidly become worse and the person is very sick.
		If necrotizing fasciitis is suspected, surgical removal of the infected tissue is usually necessary both to confirm the diagnosis and to stop the spread of infection.
		A person with necrotizing fasciitis needs immediate medical treatment in a hospital as soon as the condition is suspected.
	www.cigna.com /healthinfo/hw140405.html (2233 words)

	Flesh Eating Bacterial Infection Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment by MedicineNet.com
		Necrotizing fasciitis is an infection that starts in the tissues just below the skin and spreads along the flat layers of tissue (known as fascia) that separate different layers of soft tissue, such as muscles and fat.
		Another characteristic of necrotizing fasciitis is that the symptoms develop very rapidly, usually within 24 hours after a wound in the skin has allowed the bacteria to invade the tissues beneath the skin.
		Necrotizing fasciitis is treated with antibiotics, and early treatment is critical.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?li=MNE&articlekey=61933 (478 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria)-Topic Overview
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare bacterial infection that can destroy skin and the soft tissues beneath it, including fat and the tissue covering the muscles (fascia).
		Another type of necrotizing fasciitis may be caused by multiple bacteria found in the intestine; this type most often affects people with diabetes or peripheral arterial disease.
		If you have been in close personal contact with someone who develops necrotizing fasciitis, there is a small chance that your doctor may recommend that you take an antibiotic medicine to help reduce your chances of getting an infection.
	www.webmd.com /a-to-z-guides/Necrotizing-Fasciitis-Flesh-Eating-Bacteria-Topic-Overview (0 words)

	DAN Divers Alert Network : Necrotizing Fasciitis
		Necrotizing fasciitis is an infection of subcutaneous tissue and the underlying fascia (pronounced "FASH-ee-uh," a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue enveloping, separating, or binding together muscles, organs and other soft structures of the body).
		Necrotizing fasciitis can be caused by many different types of bacteria.
		In this case, the fasciitis was due to staphylococcus and streptococcus bacteria, both commonly found on the surface of the skin and most of the objects we touch each day.
	www.diversalertnetwork.org /medical/articles/article.asp?articleid=67 (1252 words)

	Necrotizing fasciitis - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Most commonly referred to as flesh-eating bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis is a progressive, rapidly spreading inflammatory infection located in the deep fascia that destroys fascia and fat with secondary necrosis of...
		Necrotizing fasciitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
		The prognosis of Necrotizing fasciitis may include the duration of Necrotizing fasciitis, chances of complications of Necrotizing fasciitis, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Necrotizing fasciitis, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Necrotizing fasciitis.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /n/necrotizing_fasciitis/intro.htm (871 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis
		Hollabaugh and his colleagues reviewed their experience with 26 patients with necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum (Fournier's gangrene) treated at the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Memphis from 1990-1996.
		As one of the primary beneficial effects of HBO in the treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infections is thought to be improved leukocyte function, resulting in earlier control of the infection and a decrease in the amount of tissue which must be excised.
		Necrotizing fasciitis may remain a disease in which important therapeutic decisions must be based upon an increasing suggestive but imperfect database.
	www.richmond-hyperbaric.com /RHHC.studies.Necrotizing%20Fasciitis.htm (888 words)

	Necrotizing Skin Infections: Bacterial Skin Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Necrotizing skin infections, including necrotizing cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis, are severe forms of cellulitis characterized by death of infected tissue (necrosis).
		Some necrotizing skin infections spread deep in the skin along the surface of the muscle (fascia) and are termed necrotizing fasciitis.
		The treatment for necrotizing fasciitis is intravenous antibiotic therapy and surgical removal of the dead tissue.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec18/ch211/ch211c.html (634 words)

	Necrotizing Fasciitis
		Necrotizing fasciitis is the name for a group of diseases which will painfully liquefy all the meat on a victim's body, unless all affected areas are amputated.
		The most frequent cause of necrotizing fasciitis is Streptococcus A, which you may know better as "strep throat," an extremely common infection that almost everyone in America has suffered at one time or another.
		While necrotizing fasciitis would be a natural for terrorists using biological weapons, the disease isn't particularly contagious and weaponizing it is problematic since the syndrome is actually caused by a bug that's already extremely widespread.
	www.rotten.com /library/medicine/necrotizing-fasciitis (0 words)

	necrotizing fasciitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Necrotizing fasciitis (NECK-ro-tie-zing fash-ee-EYE-tiss) is the dread "flesh eating virus" of supermarket tabloid fame.
		Necrotizing refers to the fact that there is extensive tissue death (necrosis).
		Fasciitis means that the infection spreads along the planes of specialized tissue that surround and lie between muscle bodies called the fascia.
	www.drhull.com /EncyMaster/N/necrotizing_fasciitis.html (246 words)

	eMedicine - Necrotizing Fasciitis : Article by Michael Maynor, MD
		Necrotizing fasciitis can occur after trauma or around foreign bodies in surgical wounds, or it can be idiopathic, as in scrotal or penile necrotizing fasciitis.
		Necrotizing fasciitis is a progressive, rapidly spreading, inflammatory infection located in the deep fascia, with secondary necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues.
		A variant synergistic necrotizing cellulitis is considered to be a form of necrotizing fasciitis, but some authorities feel that it is actually a nonclostridial myonecrosis.
	www.emedicine.com /EMERG/topic332.htm (0 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Necrotizing soft tissue infection
		Necrotizing soft-tissue infection is a severe type of tissue infection that can involve the skin, subcutaneous fat, the muscle sheath (fascia), and the muscle.
		Necrotizing subcutaneous infection or fasciitis can be caused by a variety of bacteria including oxygen-using bacteria (aerobic) or oxygen-avoiding bacteria (anaerobic).
		A very severe and usually fatal fasciitis is caused by a deadly species of streptococcus called "flesh-eating bacteria" by the press.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/001443.htm (0 words)

	Revista do Hospital das Clínicas - Necrotizing fasciitis in a newborn infant: a case report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Necrotizing fasciitis is characterized by a bacterial infection of the skin, subcutaneous fat, and superficial and deep fascia, with rapid dissemination and signs of systemic toxicity.
		A fulminating course is frequent in neonates with necrotizing fasciitis, even with an early diagnosis and therapeutic treatment.
		-Staphylococcal necrotizing fasciitis in the mammary region in childhood.
	www.scielo.br /scielo.php?pid=S0041-87812001000200005&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en (1401 words)

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