Acute necrotizing fasciitis of the endopelvic fascia.
A patient with an extensive necrotizing infection of the endopelvic fascia is presented. Cultures and tissue sections revealed the organisms responsible to be a mixed infection of Bacteroides, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus. Hypertension and diabetic vascular disease were felt to contribute to the initiation of the disease process in this unusual site.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections; D001442:Bacteroides Infections; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005205:Fascia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010388:Pelvis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013290:Streptococcal Infections