"Fasciitis, Necrotizing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fulminating bacterial infection of the deep layers of the skin and FASCIA. It can be caused by many different organisms, with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES being the most common.
| Descriptor ID |
D019115
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.825.340 C05.321.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Fasciitis, Necrotizing- Fasciitis, Necrotizing
- Fasciitides, Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Fasciitides
- Necrotizing Fasciitis
- Fascitis, Necrotizing
- Fascitides, Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Fascitides
- Necrotizing Fascitis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fasciitis, Necrotizing" by people in Profiles.
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Ultrasound for the diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis: A systematic review of the literature. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Mar; 65:31-35.
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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (NSTI): Pearls and Pitfalls for the Emergency Clinician. J Emerg Med. 2022 Apr; 62(4):480-491.
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Necrotizing fasciitis of the lower extremity: imaging pearls and pitfalls. Br J Radiol. 2018 Jul; 91(1088):20180093.
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Hot topics in necrotising skin and soft tissue infections. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2018 Jul; 52(1):1-10.