CT Case 023
A 50 yo male is brought in by ambulance in a shocked state. He has a 3-day history of fevers, vomiting and right thigh pain on the background of morbid obesity, type II diabetes and hypertension.
Tag Fournier gangrene
Jean Alfred Fournier
Alfred Jean Fournier (1832-1914) was a French Dermatovereologist specialising in congenital syphillis, stressing the importance of syphilis as a cause of degenerative diseases and parasyphilitic conditions.
Fournier gangrene
Fournier gangrene - a fulminant polymicrobial necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineal or genital regions. Alfred Jean Fournier (1883)
Necrotising fasciitis
Reviewed and revised 12 July 2015 OVERVIEW CLASSIFICATION From Misiakos et al, 2014: Classification of responsible pathogens according to type of infection. Fournier gangrene is typically polymicrobial infection with aerobes and anaerobes, such as coliforms, klebsiella, streptococci, staphylococci, clostridia, bacteroids, and corynbacteria CAUSTIVE…