Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections

N Engl J Med. 2017 Dec 7;377(23):2253-2265. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1600673.

Authors

Dennis L Stevens¹, Amy E Bryant¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boise, ID; and the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

PMID: 29211672
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1600673

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / adverse effects
Biomarkers / blood
Biopsy
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Critical Illness
Debridement*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing* / diagnosis
Fasciitis, Necrotizing* / etiology
Fasciitis, Necrotizing* / pathology
Fasciitis, Necrotizing* / therapy
Gas Gangrene
Humans
Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
Soft Tissue Infections
Streptococcal Infections / chemically induced
Streptococcus pyogenes

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Biomarkers
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
C-Reactive Protein