Fournier,s gangrene in children:report of two cases

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...

Fournier's gangrene: two unusual cases.

Case 1. A 60year old man was admitted with symptoms and signs of a perforated duodenal ulcer. At operation a perforated duodenal ulcer with widespread peritoneal contamination was found. The ulcer was oversewn and covered with an omental patch. A tube drain was placed in the subhepatic space and exteriorized in the right hypochondrium. On the fifth postoperative day he developed cellulitis arou...

Two Cases of Acute Idiopathic Circumscribed Gangrene.

not found. The serum bilirubin was 0.7 mg./iOO ml., the alkaline phosphatase x6 K.A. units/ioo ml. and the flocculation tests were normal. In the xylose absorption test, 5 g. xylose were excreted in the urine in five hours. A three day test of fat excretion in the stools showed an average of 2.8 g./24 hours. Progress Nine days after admission the h2emoglobin had fallen to 7.2 g./ioo ml., the wh...

A report of two cases: Snake-bite gangrene in children

Snake-bite can be both life and limb threatening, especially when there is envenomation. Early intervention in a fairly equipped health facility can go a long way in preventing the morbidity and mortality that can result from delay in initiating treatment. In this paper we report two cases of snakebite to the lower limbs in children that were both complicated by gangrene which led to major limb...

Cases of Hospital Gangrene

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