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| Lingua originale | English |
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| pagine (da-a) | 358-362 |
| Numero di pagine | 5 |
| Rivista | Aging clinical and experimental research |
| Volume | 21 |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Published - 2009 |
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- Ageing
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
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Necrotizing fasciitis of the face: a life-threatening condition. / Giammanco, Anna; Pepe, Ilenia; Campisi, Giuseppina; Ciavarella, Domenico; Lo Russo, Lucio; Sorrentino, Fortunato; Cannone, Valentina.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Necrotizing fasciitis of the face: a life-threatening condition
AU - Giammanco, Anna
AU - Pepe, Ilenia
AU - Campisi, Giuseppina
AU - Ciavarella, Domenico
AU - Lo Russo, Lucio
AU - Sorrentino, Fortunato
AU - Cannone, Valentina
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a highly aggressive infectious process, polymicrobial in nature, involving soft tissues with a high risk of rapid spread through superficial and deep fascial planes and muscular layers. Cervical NF is quite rare, is mostly of odontogenic origin, and may be complicated by descendant mediastinitis with a very high mortality rate. Systemic conditions impairing the patient's immune competence, such as diabetes, may play a predisposing role. An effective treatment strategy includes prompt diagnosis (clinical findings, local microbiological tests, blood culture and, if deemed necessary, histopathology), broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy as early as possible which should be later adjusted according to antibiogram results, stabilization of vital functions and, if possible, elimination/ treatment of predisposing factors. This paper describes a complex and emblematic case.
AB - Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a highly aggressive infectious process, polymicrobial in nature, involving soft tissues with a high risk of rapid spread through superficial and deep fascial planes and muscular layers. Cervical NF is quite rare, is mostly of odontogenic origin, and may be complicated by descendant mediastinitis with a very high mortality rate. Systemic conditions impairing the patient's immune competence, such as diabetes, may play a predisposing role. An effective treatment strategy includes prompt diagnosis (clinical findings, local microbiological tests, blood culture and, if deemed necessary, histopathology), broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy as early as possible which should be later adjusted according to antibiogram results, stabilization of vital functions and, if possible, elimination/ treatment of predisposing factors. This paper describes a complex and emblematic case.
KW - face
KW - necrotizing fasciitis
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/42134
UR - http://www.kurtis.it/aging/it/
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 358
EP - 362
JO - Aging clinical and experimental research
JF - Aging clinical and experimental research
SN - 1594-0667
ER -