Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

Necrotising Soft Tissue Infections: An Institutional Experience

Abdul Haque, Ankur Sharma

Abstract :

 Necrotising Soft Tissue Infection (NSTI) or Necrotising Fasciitis (NF) is a disease of infective origin. It has a portal of entry of infecting organisms even though it may be so trivial as to go unnoticed. The infecting organisms may be aerobic or anaerobic. A high index of suspicion is important in view of paucity of specific cutaneous findings early in the course of the disease.

The cornerstone in the management is early diagnosis followed by aggressive resuscitation, oad spectrum antibiotics, prompt and repeated surgical intervention. Adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and Intravenous immunoglobulins may give a higher survival rate.

The present study describes the clinical presentation, laboratory markers including microbiology, imaging and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for early and definitive diagnosis. Multidisciplinary approach in the management based on severity of the disease is discussed.

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Abdul Haque, Ankur Sharma, Necrotising Soft Tissue Infections: An Institutional Experience, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2017

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