Neglected Fournier's Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare
Fournier's gangrene, rare but life threatening disease, is characterized by an acute necrotic infection of the scrotum, penis, or perineum. Fournier's gangrene is a mixed infection caused by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Fournier's gangrene caused by multidrug resistant Acineto...
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ftinonuuniv:oai:abakus.inonu.edu.tr:11616/26568 2023-05-15T18:11:23+02:00 Neglected Fournier's Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case Report Emre, A Sertkaya, M Akbulut, S Duman, Y Kale, IT 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/11616/26568 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/11616/26568 CASE REPORTS IN SURGERY 2016 ftinonuuniv 2022-03-28T19:53:27Z Fournier's gangrene, rare but life threatening disease, is characterized by an acute necrotic infection of the scrotum, penis, or perineum. Fournier's gangrene is a mixed infection caused by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Fournier's gangrene caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported rarely. The mainstay of treatment is prompt recognition and a combination of antibiotics with radical debridement. We describe a case of a 56-year-old male patient presenting with neglected Fournier's gangrene caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. Many treatment modalities including broad-spectrum antibiotics, aggressive debridement, negative pressure wound therapy, diversion colostomy, and partial-thickness skin grafts were applied to save the patient's life. C1 [Emre, Arif; Sertkaya, Mehmet; Kale, Ilhami Taner] Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam Univ, Dept Surg, Fac Med, TR-46100 Kahramanmaras, Turkey. [Akbulut, Sami] Inonu Univ, Dept Surg, Fac Med, TR-44280 Malatya, Turkey. [Akbulut, Sami] Inonu Univ, Liver Transplant Inst, Fac Med, TR-44280 Malatya, Turkey. [Duman, Yakup] Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam Univ, Dept Plast & Reconstruct Surg, Fac Med, TR-46100 Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Other/Unknown Material sami Unknown |
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Fournier's gangrene, rare but life threatening disease, is characterized by an acute necrotic infection of the scrotum, penis, or perineum. Fournier's gangrene is a mixed infection caused by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Fournier's gangrene caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported rarely. The mainstay of treatment is prompt recognition and a combination of antibiotics with radical debridement. We describe a case of a 56-year-old male patient presenting with neglected Fournier's gangrene caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. Many treatment modalities including broad-spectrum antibiotics, aggressive debridement, negative pressure wound therapy, diversion colostomy, and partial-thickness skin grafts were applied to save the patient's life. C1 [Emre, Arif; Sertkaya, Mehmet; Kale, Ilhami Taner] Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam Univ, Dept Surg, Fac Med, TR-46100 Kahramanmaras, Turkey. [Akbulut, Sami] Inonu Univ, Dept Surg, Fac Med, TR-44280 Malatya, Turkey. [Akbulut, Sami] Inonu Univ, Liver Transplant Inst, Fac Med, TR-44280 Malatya, Turkey. [Duman, Yakup] Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam Univ, Dept Plast & Reconstruct Surg, Fac Med, TR-46100 Kahramanmaras, Turkey. |
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Emre, A Sertkaya, M Akbulut, S Duman, Y Kale, IT |
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Emre, A Sertkaya, M Akbulut, S Duman, Y Kale, IT Neglected Fournier's Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare |
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Emre, A Sertkaya, M Akbulut, S Duman, Y Kale, IT |
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Neglected Fournier's Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare |
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Neglected Fournier's Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare |
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Neglected Fournier's Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare |
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Neglected Fournier's Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare |
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Neglected Fournier's Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare |
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neglected fournier's gangrene caused by acinetobacter baumannii: a rare |
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