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Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis: an unusual complication of chronic suppurative otitis media
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Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis: an unusual complication of chronic suppurative otitis media

Ashwani Sethi, Anup Sabherwal, Rajeev Puri and Pooja Jain
Journal of laryngology and otology, v 120(3), pp E18-E18
Mar 2006
PMID: 16917994

Abstract

Anti-Infective Agents - administration & dosage Child Chronic Disease Facial Dermatoses - microbiology Facial Dermatoses - pathology Fasciitis, Necrotizing - drug therapy Fasciitis, Necrotizing - etiology Humans Injections, Intravenous Male Neck - microbiology Neck - pathology Otitis Media, Suppurative - drug therapy Otitis Media, Suppurative - microbiology Scalp Dermatoses - microbiology Scalp Dermatoses - pathology
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare microbial soft tissue infection characterized by rapidly spreading areas of necrosis and a high mortality rate. It may be of odontogenic or traumatic origin or may arise from insect bites, burns or surgical infections. We present a clinical case of an eight-year-old child with facial and cervical necrotizing fasciitis as a complication of chronic suppurative otitis media. The causes, diagnosis and management of necrotizing fasciitis are reviewed.

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