23 -153 - NECROTIZING FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING CELLULITIS AND MYONECROSIS

Question 1

What are the components of necrotizing fasciitis score?

Answer 1

Question 2

Factors Found in Literature to Be Associated with a High Mortality Risk in Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis

Answer 2

Question 3

T/F Antibiotics are the first line of treatment of necrotizing fasciitis

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In necrotizing fasciitis, until when should antibiotics be continued?

Answer 4

Antibiotics should be continued until final surgical debridement has been completed, patient is afebrile for 48 to 72 hours, and patient has clinically stabilized.

Question 5

necrotizing infections with or without gas formation localized to the skin and subcutaneous tissue but not extending deep enough to involve the underlying fascia or muscles

Answer 5

Necrotizing or gangrenous cellulitis

Question 6

Bacteria that are known more widely for causing severe crepitant myonecrosis or “gas gangrene”

Answer 6

Clostridium spp.

Question 7

Aside from the Clostridium spp., gas can also be produced by other anaerobic of facultative bacterial species. What are those?

Answer 7

Peptostreptococcus spp., Bacteroides spp., Enterobacteriaceae, and Klebsiella spp.

Question 8

Marineassociated necrotizing skin infections are most commonly caused by

Answer 8

Vibrio spp. or Aeromonas spp.,

Question 9

Question 10

Causes of Marine-Based Necrotizing Cellulitis

Answer 10