The first patient developed a fatal infection after showing up at a hospital in Germany with swelling around his left eyelid ...

The antibiotics don’t provide full coverage, however, and often surgical removal of dead tissue is necessary – and crucial. Treatment depends on how far the necrotizing fasciitis has ...

The antibiotics don’t provide full coverage, however, and often surgical removal of dead tissue is necessary – and crucial. Treatment depends on how far the necrotizing fasciitis has progressed.

It is during these dressing changes that the nurse should assess the surrounding tissue to see if the fascia can be separated. If the tissue can be loosened beyond the area that has been debrided ...

Researchers discovered that targeting S. pyogenes metabolism with a pyruvate dehydrogenase inhibitor reduces tissue damage ...

A new study reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis. The ...

only the zone of infiltrated tissue remaining near the base of the pyramid. The most striking feature of necrotizing pyelonephritis is its frequent association with diabetes mellitus; in this ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus ...

The rare flesh-eating condition is known as periorbital necrotizing soft tissue infection, and is caused by either ...

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF ... Focal necrosis, microvascular thrombosis, and leukocytes in the debrided tissue exam. Anne Fink, BSN, RN, is a Nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps and ...