ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII INVOLVED IN FOURNIER’S GANGRENE 1 Isabelle Vanden Bempt 1 , Stefanie Van Trappen 2 , Ilse Cleenwerck 2 , Paul De Vos 2 , Kim 2 Camps 1 , Annemie Celens 1 , Martine Van De Vyvere 1 3 Department of Microbiology, Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen, Stuivenberg, Antwerp, 4 Belgium 1 and BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory for Microbiology, Ghent 5 University, K.L. Ledeganckstra...

RATIONALE Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), characterized by widespread fascial necrosis, is a rare disease in clinic. Fournier gangrene (FG) is a special type of NF involved of perineum and scrotum. To our knowledge, no article has reported on bilateral femoral posterior neurocutaneous perforater flap treating for FG. PATIENT CONCERNS A 61-year-old Chinese male complained of perineal skin necrosis...

Christian Fournier, Christophe Pradal, Gaëtan Louarn, Didier Combes, Jean-Christophe Soulié, Delphine Luquet, Frédéric Boudon and Michaël Chelle INRA, UMR 759 LEPSE, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France. CIRAD, INRIA, EPI Virtual Plant, UMR DAP, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. INRA, UR4P3F, F-86600 Lusignan, France. CIRAD, UPR104 AIVA, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 M...

*Institut de Biologie Structurale J-P Ebel (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université Joseph Fournier), 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France; ‡Laboratoire du Cytosquelette, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U366, Département Réponse et Dynamique Cellulaire, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique/Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, Franc...

Sir, Fournier ’s gangrene is an uncommon rapidly progressive polymicrobial (aerobes and anaerobes) infection of the genital, perineal and perianal region, 4] resulting in necrotizing fasciitis, due to endarteritis of scrotal vessels and gangrene of the scrotum. It can involve contiguous areas like the lower urinary tract, anus, rectum and colon. The course of disease is rapid and the disease ca...

Biodegradation of the Hexahydro-l,3,5-Trinitro-l,3,5-Triazine Ring Cleavage Product 4-Nitro-2,4-Diazabutanal by Phanerochaete chrysosporium Diane Fournier, Annamaria Halasz, Jim Spain, Ronald J. Spanggord, Jeffrey C. Bottaro, and Jalal Hawari* Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec H4P 2R2, Canada; U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Tyndall Air ...