Retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis with gas gangrene, caused by perforated caecal diverticulitis

Int J Colorectal Dis. 2015 Dec;30(12):1739-40. doi: 10.1007/s00384-015-2150-9. Epub 2015 Feb 13.

Authors

Mahdi Bouassida¹, Lamine Hamzaoui², Bassem Mroua³, Obeid Belghith³, Mohamed Mongi Mighri³, Hassen Touinsi³, Mohamed M'saddak Azzouz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, 8000, Mrazga, Nabeul, Tunisia. bouassidamahdi@yahoo.fr.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, 8000, Nabeul, Tunisia.
³ Department of Surgery, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, 8000, Mrazga, Nabeul, Tunisia.

PMID: 25675887
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-015-2150-9

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cecal Diseases / complications*
Diverticulitis / complications*
Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy
Escherichia coli Infections / etiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / surgery
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / drug therapy
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / etiology*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / surgery
Gas Gangrene / drug therapy
Gas Gangrene / etiology*
Gas Gangrene / surgery
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / complications*
Male
Retroperitoneal Space

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents