Necrotising fasciitis
Necrotizing fasciitis: life-threatening soft tissue infection, historically hospital gangrene, term coined by Ben J. Wilson in 1951
Tag necrotizing fasciitis
Joseph Jones
Joseph Jones (1833–1896), Confederate surgeon who defined hospital gangrene, advanced malaria research, and shaped Southern public health
Ben J. Wilson
Ben J. Wilson (1920–2015), American surgeon who coined 'necrotizing fasciitis' in 1951, Parkland Hospital leader, and pioneer in surgical infection care
Fournier gangrene
Fournier gangrene - a fulminant polymicrobial necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineal or genital regions. Alfred Jean Fournier (1883)
Ultrasound Case 092
A 38 year old patient with diabetes and end-stage renal failure presents with arm pain and sepsis. You are asked whether there is a drainable collection.