Fasciitis, Necrotizing

Introduction: Fasciitis, Necrotizing

Description of Fasciitis, Necrotizing

Fasciitis, Necrotizing (medical condition): A severe, progressive skin infection which causes progressive...more »

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Necrotizing fasciitis:
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Fasciitis, Necrotizing: A fulminating group A streptococcal infection beginning with severe or extensive cellulitis that spreads to involve the superficial and deep fascia, producing thrombosis of the subcutaneous vessels and gangrene of the underlying tissues. A cutaneous lesion usually serves as a portal of entry for the infection, but sometimes no such lesion is found. (Dorland, 28th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Fasciitis, Necrotizing: Related Topics

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Fasciitis, Necrotizing as a Disease

Fasciitis, Necrotizing: Another name for Necrotizing fasciitis (or close medical condition association).
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Fasciitis, Necrotizing: Related Diseases

Fasciitis, Necrotizing: Fasciitis, Necrotizing is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Group A Streptococcal Infections
• Invasive group A Streptococcal disease
• Skin conditions
• Bacterial diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen

Causes of Fasciitis, Necrotizing

Some of the causes of Fasciitis, Necrotizing are included in the list below:

• Streptococcus Group A

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Symptoms of Fasciitis, Necrotizing (Necrotizing fasciitis)

Some of the symptoms of Fasciitis, Necrotizing incude:

• Painful skin
• Red skin
• Hot skin
• Swollen skin
• Violet skin

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Treatments for Fasciitis, Necrotizing (Necrotizing fasciitis)

Treatments for Fasciitis, Necrotizing (Necrotizing fasciitis) include:

• Urgent treatment
• Intravenous penicillin and clindamycin
• Surgical debridement (removal of infected tissue)
• Limb amputation

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Treatment of Fasciitis, Necrotizing: For more treatment information about Fasciitis, Necrotizing, see treatment of Necrotizing fasciitis (Fasciitis, Necrotizing)

Fasciitis, Necrotizing: Article Excerpts about Necrotizing fasciitis

Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease General: DBMD (Excerpt)

Necrotizing fasciitis (occasionally described by the media as "the flesh-eating bacteria") destroys muscles, ... (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease General: DBMD)

Group A Streptococcal Infections, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

A serious but rare infection (fascia) of the deeper layers of skin and fatty subcutaneous tissues.... (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal Infections, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Fasciitis, Necrotizing: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Fasciitis, Necrotizing:

• Fournier gangrene
• Meleney's ulcer
• Meleney ulcer
• postoperative progressive bacterial synergistic gangrene
• flesh-eating bacteria
• Cullen's ulcer
• Cullen ulcer
• hemolytic streptococcal gangrene
• acute dermal gangrene
• hospital gangrene

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