Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report
Necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is a rare infectious condition that spreads rapidly and may be associated with compartment syndrome. Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus is one of the most common causative organism of NSTI. Herein, we present a case of NSTI associated with compartment...
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| author | Yekta Özkılıç Kaan Gürbüz Zeynep Türe Ilhami Çelik |
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| description | Necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is a rare infectious condition that spreads rapidly and may be associated with compartment syndrome. Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus is one of the most common causative organism of NSTI. Herein, we present a case of NSTI associated with compartment syndrome of the upper extremities following possible tonsillitis. The case was successfully treated after administering systemic antibiotics and performing emergency surgical debridement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6bb2636272a4013ae4e7ef5a56dfcb72023-02-15T16:12:00ZengKARE PublishingErciyes Medical Journal2149-22472019-09-0141334134310.14744/etd.2019.97059EMJ-97059Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Compartment Syndrome: A Case ReportYekta Özkılıç0Kaan Gürbüz1Zeynep Türe2Ilhami Çelik3Department of Infectious disease and Clinical Microbiology, City Hospital of Kayseri, Kayseri, TurkeyDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, City Hospital of Kayseri, Kayseri, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious disease and Clinical Microbiology, City Hospital of Kayseri,
Kayseri, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious disease and Clinical Microbiology, City Hospital of Kayseri,
Kayseri, TurkeyNecrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is a rare infectious condition that spreads rapidly and may be associated with compartment syndrome. Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus is one of the most common causative organism of NSTI. Herein, we present a case of NSTI associated with compartment syndrome of the upper extremities following possible tonsillitis. The case was successfully treated after administering systemic antibiotics and performing emergency surgical debridement.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=erciyesmedj&un=EMJ-97059streptococcus pyogenesnecrotizing soft tissue infectionscompartment syndrome. |
| spellingShingle | Yekta Özkılıç Kaan Gürbüz Zeynep Türe Ilhami Çelik Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report Erciyes Medical Journal streptococcus pyogenes necrotizing soft tissue infections compartment syndrome. |
| title | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_full | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_short | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_sort | necrotizing soft tissue infection with compartment syndrome a case report |
| topic | streptococcus pyogenes necrotizing soft tissue infections compartment syndrome. |
| url | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=erciyesmedj&un=EMJ-97059 |
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