"Fasciitis, Necrotizing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fulminating bacterial infection of the deep layers of the skin and FASCIA. It can be caused by many different organisms, with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES being the most common.
| Descriptor ID |
D019115
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.825.340 C05.321.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Fasciitis, Necrotizing- Fasciitis, Necrotizing
- Fasciitides, Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Fasciitides
- Necrotizing Fasciitis
- Fascitis, Necrotizing
- Fascitides, Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Fascitides
- Necrotizing Fascitis
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fasciitis, Necrotizing" by people in Profiles.
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Compartment syndrome due to group A streptococcal infection associated with intramuscular venous malformation. Pediatr Int. 2024 Jan-Dec; 66(1):e15756.
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Necrotizing enterovirus myositis in a pediatric renal transplant recipient. Pediatr Transplant. 2022 08; 26(5):e14275.
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Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Right Lower Extremity from Ruptured Appendicitis: Case Report. JBJS Case Connect. 2021 02 12; 11(1):e20.00250.
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Immunocompromised Hosts. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2021 Mar; 35(1):199-217.
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T6SS and ExoA of flesh-eating Aeromonas hydrophila in peritonitis and necrotizing fasciitis during mono- and polymicrobial infections. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 11 26; 116(48):24084-24092.
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Validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma emergency general surgery grade for skin and soft tissue infection. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 06; 84(6):939-945.
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Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Periorbital Region Complicated by Combined Central Retinal Artery Occlusion, Central Retinal Vein Occlusion, and Posterior Ciliary Occlusion. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 May/Jun; 33(3):e75-e76.
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Laboratory evaluation for pediatric patients with suspected necrotizing soft tissue infections: A case-control study. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Jun; 51(6):1022-5.
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Cross-talk among flesh-eating Aeromonas hydrophila strains in mixed infection leading to necrotizing fasciitis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jan 19; 113(3):722-7.
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The majority of 9,729 group A streptococcus strains causing disease secrete SpeB cysteine protease: pathogenesis implications. Infect Immun. 2015 Dec; 83(12):4750-8.