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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections

Chance Witt MD^a, Sharmila Dissanaike MD^b

Correspondence to Sharmila Dissanaike MD
Email: sharmila.dissanaike@ttuhsc.edu

SWRCCC 2013;1.(1):30
doi: 10.12746/swrccc2013.0101.009

Figure 1 Left leg with necrotizing soft tissue infections.

 Figure 2 Debridement of the left leg: showing purulence

This is a very heavy woman who initially had an Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection (NSTI) of the right leg which was extensively debrided and skin grafted and healed well, then presented 2 months later with a new NSTI of the left leg.

References

1. Wong CH, Chang HC, Pasupathy S, et al. Necrotizing fasciitis: clinical presentation, microbiology, and determinants of mortality. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2003; 85:1454-60.

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