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Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is an infection that kills the body's soft tissue. [3] It is a serious disease that begins and spreads quickly. [ 3 ] Symptoms include red or purple or black skin, swelling, severe pain, fever , and vomiting. [ 3 ]
The clinical presentation among invasive disease is also dominated by skin and soft tissue infections, including a small subset of patients presenting with severe necrotizing fasciitis. [1] [2] Moreover, it is an important cause of bone and joint infections, and this disease manifestation is reported to be increasing. [12]
Fasciitis is an inflammation of the fascia, [1] which is the connective tissue surrounding muscles, blood vessels and nerves. In particular, it often involves one of the following diseases: Necrotizing fasciitis
An Indianapolis woman died two months after contracting necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, while in Florida.
The diseases that may be caused as a result of this include streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), necrotizing fasciitis (NF), pneumonia, and bacteremia. [4] In addition, infection of GAS may lead to further complications and health conditions, namely acute rheumatic fever and poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Most common:
The bacteria, which causes necrotizing fasciitis, has an extremely high mortality rate, and accurate diagnosis, rapid antibiotic administration and prompt surgery are extremely important in ...
The cranial fasciitis variant of NF occurs in the soft and hard cranial tissues of the outer layers of the skull. [5] Patients with this variant are more commonly males than females, and almost exclusively between 3 weeks and 6 years of age. They typically present with a tumor in areas of the head that lay directly over the temporal or parietal ...
Fournier gangrene is a type of necrotizing fasciitis or gangrene affecting the external genitalia or perineum. It commonly occurs in older men, but it can also occur both in women and children and in people with diabetes or alcoholism or those who are immunocompromised.