PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN FOURNIER’S GANGRENE

Fungal Fourniers Gangrene in an Immunocompromised Patient

Fournier's Gangrene is a rapidly progressive necrotizing fasciitis of the groin, perianal and perineal region that is often polymicrobial in nature, often averaging 3 species of bacteria per patient. The typical infection can be due to a host of microbes, including gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic species including. Many of the causative organisms are found in the normal microbial flo...

Prognostic factors in Fournier gangrene.

BACKGROUND Fournier gangrene is a necrotizing fasciitis, arising in the genital and perineal area. This entity is still associated with a high mortality rate despite improvements in antibiotic and surgical treatment. METHODS This is a retrospective study of all the patients diagnosed and surgically treated for Fournier gangrene at General University Hospital Ramon y Cajal between 1988 and 200...

[Fournier gangrene: evaluation of prognostic factors in 90 patients].

INTRODUCTION This study evaluates the risk factors and prognostic variables that affect survival of patients with gangrene of Fournier. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study retrospectively analyzed 90 consecutive patients with gangrene of Fournier treated in our institution between 1975 and 2008. We evaluated the average age, associated systemic diseases, and the source, time of evolution and exten...

Fourniers gangrene following hyfrecation in a male infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

Abstract: Surviving Fourniers Gangrene: Contemporary Treatment and Development of a Novel Scoring System

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