Fournier's gangrene: Clinical case and review of the literature


https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2016.3.237
Vol. 88 No. 3 (2016)
Submitted: January 22, 2016
Accepted: May 22, 2016
Published: October 5, 2016
Fournier's gangrene, Necrotizing fasciitis, Scrotal gangrene, Perianal abscess, Surgical debridement, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, Eenterococci, Bacteroides fragilis.
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Fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening acute necrotizing fasciitis of perianal,genitourinary and perineal areas. Nowadays, is well known that Fournier gangrene is almost never an idiopathic disease. In this article we report a case of a 70-year-old patient that initially was not treated properly. The gold standard therapy of the Fournier's gangrene remains today a complete, early and extended surgical debridement.

Pernetti, R., Palmieri, F., Sagrini, E., Negri, M., Morisi, C., Carbone, A., Bassi, P., & Voce, S. (2016). Fournier’s gangrene: Clinical case and review of the literature. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 88(3), 237–238. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2016.3.237

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