"Fasciitis, Necrotizing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fulminating bacterial infection of the deep layers of the skin and FASCIA. It can be caused by many different organisms, with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES being the most common.
| Descriptor ID |
D019115
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.825.340 C05.321.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Fasciitis, Necrotizing- Fasciitis, Necrotizing
- Fasciitides, Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Fasciitides
- Necrotizing Fasciitis
- Fascitis, Necrotizing
- Fascitides, Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Fascitides
- Necrotizing Fascitis
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fasciitis, Necrotizing" by people in Profiles.
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Gelbard RB, Ferrada P, Yeh DD, Williams BH, Loor M, Yon J, Mentzer C, Khwaja K, Khan MA, Kohli A, Bulger EM, Robinson BRH. Optimal timing of initial debridement for necrotizing soft tissue infection: A Practice Management Guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 07; 85(1):208-214.
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Shaw JJ, Psoinos C, Emhoff TA, Shah SA, Santry HP. Not just full of hot air: hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases survival in cases of necrotizing soft tissue infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2014 Jun; 15(3):328-35.
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McQueen A, Martin SA, Lio PA. Derm emergencies: detecting early signs of trouble. J Fam Pract. 2012 Feb; 61(2):71-8.
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Cui H, Hao S, Arous E. A distinct cause of necrotizing fasciitis: Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2007 Oct; 8(5):523-8.