Aseptic technique is critical when providing wound care to combat the increased infection risk while these patients are immunocompromised. Accurate assessment and documentation describing the ...

Doctors in the U.K. report a rise in the number of cases of necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva. Doctors at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust detailed three such cases in a paper published ...

Necrotising fasciitis is a rare and life-threatening infection that can appear anywhere skin or tissue is breached, including ...

"Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, can arise when certain bacteria enter the skin through a wound — a cut, abrasion, burn, surgical wound, or even an insect bite ...

An in-depth model care plan illustrates the complexity of the disease and its treatment. Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), a ... Absence of Clostridium in blood and wound cultures.