Despite aggressive surgical and medical therapy (i.e., debridement and potent intravenous antibiotics), necrotizing fasciitis (NF) remains a devastating infection with a mortality rate of 15-36%. Recent Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)…
This article has provided a review of common and some less common approaches to wound healing. Chronic wound healing is one of the more challenging areas of medicine, with a nice balance of the science and art of medicine. An evidence-based,…
Assessing victims of gunshot wounds with retained bullets/bullet fragments for lead toxicity is not always considered until the patient develops signs and symptoms of toxicity. We discuss the case of a 19-year-old young man who received a diagnosis…
STUDY DESIGN: Aspergillus osteomyelitis of the vertebral body and disc space is rare. This report discusses a case that occurred in an immunosuppressed
Necrotizing fasciitis due to Group A streptococcus has been observed with increasing frequency over the past decade. Appropriate management requires rapid recognition of this life-threatening infection and expeditious antimicrobial therapy as well as…