TY - JOUR
T1 - Necrotizing upper limb fasciitis in a newborn
T2 - An uncommon life-threatening event
AU - Lebel, Ehud
AU - Karasik, Michael
AU - Shahroor-Karni, Sarit
AU - Peyser, Amos
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon but life-threatening infection in the pediatric population. It is rarely reported in neonates. In these rare cases, the reported origin of infection was the umbilical cord stump, infection due to circumcision, and similar lesions. We hereby report a 3-week-old neonate sustaining necrotizing fasciitis without detectable origin of infection. We describe the clinical course of her illness, the diagnostic process, and eventual surgical intervention. We discuss the importance of awareness to this potentially lethal infectious disease and the need for urgent use of certain imaging modalities and aggressive surgical approach.
AB - Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon but life-threatening infection in the pediatric population. It is rarely reported in neonates. In these rare cases, the reported origin of infection was the umbilical cord stump, infection due to circumcision, and similar lesions. We hereby report a 3-week-old neonate sustaining necrotizing fasciitis without detectable origin of infection. We describe the clinical course of her illness, the diagnostic process, and eventual surgical intervention. We discuss the importance of awareness to this potentially lethal infectious disease and the need for urgent use of certain imaging modalities and aggressive surgical approach.
KW - fasciotomy
KW - group-A Streptococcus
KW - necrotizing fasciitis
KW - neonate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867582829&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32834dd206
DO - 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32834dd206
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C2 - 22080297
AN - SCOPUS:84867582829
SN - 1060-152X
VL - 21
SP - 536
EP - 538
JO - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
JF - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
IS - 6
ER -