Necrotizing fasciitis: strategies for diagnosis and management
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is uncommon and difficult to diagnose, and it cause progressive morbidity until the infectious process is diagnosed and treated medically and surgically. The literature addressed NF contains confusing information, inaccurate bacteriolog...
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| author | Yanar Hakan Taviloglu Korhan |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is uncommon and difficult to diagnose, and it cause progressive morbidity until the infectious process is diagnosed and treated medically and surgically. The literature addressed NF contains confusing information, inaccurate bacteriologic data, and antiquated antibiotic therapy. A delay in diagnosis is associated with a grave prognosis and increased mortality. The main goal of the clinician must be to establish the diagnosis and initially treat the patient within the standard of care. This review is planned as a guide for the clinician in making an early diagnosis of NF and initiating effective medical and surgical therapy.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-369867dac1eb4dc28ba258a3158a161b2022-12-22T02:11:41ZengBMCWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery1749-79222007-08-01211910.1186/1749-7922-2-19Necrotizing fasciitis: strategies for diagnosis and managementYanar HakanTaviloglu Korhan<p>Abstract</p> <p>Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is uncommon and difficult to diagnose, and it cause progressive morbidity until the infectious process is diagnosed and treated medically and surgically. The literature addressed NF contains confusing information, inaccurate bacteriologic data, and antiquated antibiotic therapy. A delay in diagnosis is associated with a grave prognosis and increased mortality. The main goal of the clinician must be to establish the diagnosis and initially treat the patient within the standard of care. This review is planned as a guide for the clinician in making an early diagnosis of NF and initiating effective medical and surgical therapy.</p>http://www.wjes.org/content/2/1/19 |
| spellingShingle | Yanar Hakan Taviloglu Korhan Necrotizing fasciitis: strategies for diagnosis and management World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
| title | Necrotizing fasciitis: strategies for diagnosis and management |
| title_full | Necrotizing fasciitis: strategies for diagnosis and management |
| title_fullStr | Necrotizing fasciitis: strategies for diagnosis and management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Necrotizing fasciitis: strategies for diagnosis and management |
| title_short | Necrotizing fasciitis: strategies for diagnosis and management |
| title_sort | necrotizing fasciitis strategies for diagnosis and management |
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