Open AccessNecrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections: Current Concepts and Challenges
Author(s) -
Constantinos Avgoustou,
Avgoustou Ch
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinics in surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2474-1647
DOI - 10.25107/cis-v6-id3039
Subject(s) - fasciitis , fulminant , soft tissue , incidence (geometry) , medicine , mortality rate , dermatology , intensive care medicine , pathology , surgery , physics , optics
Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infection (NSTI) and the most fulminant form of it, Necrotizing Fasciitis (NF), are rather uncommon but severe and destructive infectious diseases with high rates of mortality. Yearly incidence is reported to be 0.4 cases per 100,000 habitats, while reported mortality ranges from 21% to 43% [1].