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Research Journal of Medical Sciences

ISSN: Online 1993-6095
ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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Postabortal Anterior Abdominal Wall Necrotizing Fascitis after Hysterotomy: A Case Report

Ahmed Samy Elagwany and Samir Youssef Elsayed
Page: 39-41 | Received 21 Sep 2022, Published online: 21 Sep 2022

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Abstract

Necrotizing Fasciitis (NF) is also known as the flesh eating disease. The incidence is rare. Mortality is a high as 40%. Very few cases have been reported in English literature. Researchers report a case of a previously healthy woman that developed necrotizing fasciitis after an uneventful hysterotomy that required antibiotics and debridment. The organisms causing were polymicrobial including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptocoocus sp. and Klebsiella sp.


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Ahmed Samy Elagwany and Samir Youssef Elsayed. Postabortal Anterior Abdominal Wall Necrotizing Fascitis after Hysterotomy: A Case Report.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/rjmsci.2014.39.41
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/rjmsci.2014.39.41