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Fournier’s gangrene is a potentially fatal necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineum and genital area. The usual treatment includes prompt surgical debridement and, in many cases, a diverting colostomy. We present two cases of... more
Objective To identify the etiology and current clinical characteristics of male urethral stricture disease (USD) in Senegal. Patients and methods A retrospective and mono-centric study over a 10-year period (between January 1999 and... more
Fournier's gangrene is considered a threat due to its aggressiveness and ugly tendency to spread. Although rare, it is considered a potentially lethal disease due to its tendency to extend rapidly. It usually has a fulminant course... more
Fournier's gangrene is a rare, rapidly progressive, necrotising fasciitis of the external genitalia and perineum with high morbidity and mortality. 15 patients with Fournier's gangrene were enrolled. Gender, age, aetiology,... more
Fournier's gangrene is a necrotising fasciitis of the genitalia and perineum, with associated polymicrobial infection and risk of organ failure or death. The purpose of this study was to determine the presentation, systemic and local... more
Objective To identify the etiology and current clinical characteristics of male urethral stricture disease (USD) in Senegal. Patients and methods A retrospective and mono-centric study over a 10-year period (between January 1999 and... more
Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a life-threatening, necrotizing infection involving the soft tissues of the scrotal area. Because of potential severe complications, it is important to diagnose the disease as early as possible. We present the... more
Fournier's gangrene is a necrotising fasciitis of the genitalia and perineum, with associated polymicrobial infection and risk of organ failure or death. The purpose of this study was to determine the presentation, systemic and local... more
Herrera Ortiz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original... more
BACKGROUND: Men with spinal cord injury (SCI) appear to have a greater incidence of bacterial colonisation of genital skin as compared to neurologically normal controls. We report a male patient with paraplegia who developed rapidly... more
Introduction. Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a fulminant form of infective necrotizing fascitis of the perineal, genital, or perianal regions caused by anorectal or urogenital and perineal trauma, more common in patients with diabetes... more
Dig Dis Sci (2006) 51:889890 DOI 10.1007/s10620-006-9098-0 ... Anal Tumor Diagnosed After the Recovery of Fournier Gangrene ... Yesim Elgin · Taciser Demirkasimoglu · Bulent Kucukplakci · Muzaffer B. Altundag · Kadri Altundag · Cem... more
A Gram-stain-positive, obligately anaerobic, short rod, designated strain HHRM1715(T), was isolated from the blood of a patient with Fournier's gangrene, complicated by sepsis. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain... more
Fournier gangrene (FG) is an infectious condition with fulminant evolution and is sometimes life-threatening. Here, we present the case of an immunocompromised 59-year-old male with surgical history of a pancreatic pseudocyst stented... more