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What It Is
• Polymicrobial soft-tissue infection that travels rapidly along fascial planes - can
be both limb and life threatening.
• This is an extremely rapidly progressive infection that can spread on the order
of hours.
When to Be Suspicious
How to Diagnose
How to Treat
References
Bellapianta JM, Ljungquist K, Tobin E, Uhl R. Necrotizing fasciitis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg.
2009;17(3):174–82.
Ozalay M, Ozkoc G, Akpinar S, Hersekli MA, Tandogan RN. Necrotizing soft-tissue infection
of a limb: clinical presentation and factors related to mortality. Foot Ankle Int.
2006;27(8):598–605.