Unusual Cause of Disseminated Necrotizing Infection of the Abdomenal Wall and Viscera

Hassan Adnan Bukhari and Ahmed Kamel Ghanem

Department of Surgery, Umm AL-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
King Abdulaziz Hospital, Saudi Arabia

^*Correspondance to: Hassan Adnan Bukhari 

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Abstract:

It is uncommon for necrotizing fascitis of the abdominal wall to present in a disseminated manner, extending to most of the intra abdominal viscera. It is also uncommon for the causative organism to be fungus. Usually, it is either mono microbial or polymicropial cause. The usual presentation of this disease entity is changes in skin color from red-purple to patches of blue-gray associated with deeper tissues involvement namely fascia and muscles without involvement of abdominal viscera, associated with picture of toxemia and septic shock. Special staining should be used to identify fungal infestation. This could be the first case reported in the literature among young patients. High index of suspicion and early administration of anti-fungal therapy is needed in unusual presentation of necrotizing infection in young healthy patient.

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Bukhari HA, Ghanem AK. Unusual Cause of Disseminated Necrotizing Infection of the Abdomenal Wall and Viscera. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2016; 1: 1185.