title: [Necrotizing fasciitis. Case report and review of the literature].
abstract: The necrotizing fasciitis is an infection with no or only a small trauma. It is a rapidly progressing process especially with necrosis and edema of subcutaneous fat and adjacent fascia underlined by systemic toxicity but spearing of skin and muscle by the initial process. Late recognition and lack of immediate aggressive surgical treatment contribute to the distressingly high mortality. Early and complete debridement offers the best chance for cure.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie, Universität zu Köln.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wolters
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schmitz-Rixen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feaux de Lacroix
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hadgianghelou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003646:Debridement; D004322:Drainage; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005205:Fascia / Q000473:pathology; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000473:pathology; D013524:Surgical Flaps
vernacular_title: Nekrotisierende Fasciitis. Fallbeschreibung und Literaturübersicht.