necrotizing soft tissue infection

Case Report

Limb Salvage in Extensive Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection with Adjuvant Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

06/07/2024

Kaori Yauchi

Natsuki Shikata

Yoshie Shibaoka

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy use in treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infection extending from the buttocks and perineum down to the left lower limb.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy use in...

06/07/2024

ePlasty

Case Report

Necrotizing Fasciitis due to Streptococcus constellatus in a Patient with Uncontrolled Diabetes and Bilateral Diabetic Foot Ulceration

01/27/2023

Nicholas Chang

James McKee

Valerie Marmolejo

The authors report on the case of a 69-year-old female who presented with necrotizing soft tissue infection secondary to Streptococcus constellatus that resulted from bilateral diabetic foot ulcerations.

The authors report on the case...

01/27/2023

Wounds

Figure 1. A 47-year-old man with GAS-NSTI, samples number 24 and 55

Original Research

Group A Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Detection Test: A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Reproducibility Using Human Wound Samples

11/09/2022

Itaru Tsuge, MD, PhD¹; Miho Matsui, MD, PhD²; Tomofumi Nakamura, PhD³; Keisuke Watanabe³; Eiichi Sawaragi, MD¹; Hiroki Yamanaka, MD, PhD¹; Motoki Katsube, MD, PhD¹; Michiharu Sakamoto, MD, PhD¹; Susumu Saito, MD, PhD¹; Naoki Morimoto, MD, PhD¹

Itaru Tsuge, MD, PhD1; Miho Matsui, M...

This is the first study using clinical wound samples to examine the reproducibility between GAS-RADT and wound culture. The reproducibility between GAS-RADT and wound culture was statistically excellent, underscoring the reliability of...

This is the first study using...

11/09/2022

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Original Research

Time to Surgical Closure of Complex Infectious Wounds: A Single-center Retrospective Cohort Study

08/11/2022

Sara Yumeen

Mélissa Roy

Fatima N. Mirza

Sarah Rehou

Shahriar Shahrokhi

In this retrospective review, the authors evaluated factors that could impact time to wound closure in 47 patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections.

In this retrospective review,...

08/11/2022

Wounds

Figure 5. Case 2. A split-layer mesh skin graft was applied on day 25.

Case Report

Group G Streptococcal Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: A Pitfall of Rapid Antigen Detection Test for Group A

04/28/2022

Itaru Tsuge MD, PhD¹; Miho Matsui, MD, PhD²; Hiroki Yamanaka, MD, PhD¹; Motoki Katsube, MD, PhD¹; Michiharu Sakamoto, MD, PhD¹; Naoki Morimoto, MD, PhD¹

Itaru Tsuge MD, PhD1; Miho Matsui, MD...

This article reports 2 cases of GGS-induced NSTI in which the RADTs for GAS were negative, as an alert. Surgeons should be aware of the limitations and a pitfall of the GAS-RADT.

This article reports 2 cases of...

04/28/2022

ePlasty

Case Report

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Forearms in a Patient Using Intravenous Heroin: Case Report of Advanced Wound Management Improving Dressing Tolerance and Expediting Skin Graft

01/03/2022

Kathy Gallagher, DNP, APRN-FNP, CWS, WCC, FACCWS

Harsh Kamlesh Desai, MD

Emily C. Alberto, MD

Luis Cardenas, DO, PhD

A positive outcome in a necrotizing soft tissue infection after consultation with wound specialists.

A positive outcome in a...

01/03/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Series

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation and Dwell Time for the Management of Complex Wounds: A Case Series

12/31/2020

Samantha Delapena

Luis G Fernández

Kevin N. Foster

Marc R. Matthews

This case series describes the effective use of NPWTi-d in conjunction with hypochlorous acid solution in 10 patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections.

This case series describes the...

12/31/2020

Wounds

Clinical Cases

Limb Salvage Following Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

01/08/2019

In this case presentation, the clinician sought a treatment option that would close a complex wound and salvage the limb through the use of a fetal bovine dermal matrix and negative pressure wound therapy.

In this case presentation, the...

01/08/2019

Wounds

Case Report and Brief Review

Necrotizing Myositis: A Rare Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection Involving Muscle

12/10/2018

Harika Boinpally

Scott Gorenstein

Jon S. Woods

Michael Castellano

Virginia Donovan

Bebu Ram

Raelina S. Howell

12/10/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Outcomes in Fournier’s Gangrene Using Skin and Soft Tissue Sparing Flap Preservation Surgery for Wound Closure: An Alternative Approach to Wide Radical Debridement

10/01/2018

Travis L. Perry

Lindsay M. Kranker

Erin E. Mobley

Eileen E. Curry

R. Michael Johnson

The purpose of this case series is to report the outcomes of FG using a surrogate approach of concurrent debridement of spared skin and soft tissue, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), and serial delayed primary closure (DPC).

The purpose of this case series...

10/01/2018

Wounds