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 ...

Nursing interventions involve recognizing those patients at risk, reporting these suspicions to the health care provider, monitoring patient vital signs and laboratory values, providing frequent ...

In summary, NF is a life-threatening infection causing rapid necrosis of the fascia. Nurses have the opportunity to identify patients at risk and to assess wound characteristics and changes ...

However, strep A can also have much worse outcomes, including sepsis, toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis, which is a flesh-eating bacterial infection. "Not all group A strep are the ...

Group A Streptococcus bacteria can cause illnesses from the common strep throat to sepsis, toxic shock syndrome, and necrotizing fasciitis (more commonly known as flesh-eating bacterial infections).

In a new case report published April 8 in the journal BMJ Case Reports, U.K. doctors describe three patients who were found to have necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva. The vulva includes the ...

Rituximab may be an effective therapeutic option in the management of severe necrotizing scleritis associated with AAV. A middle-aged man was diagnosed with necrotizing scleritis associated with ...

Floribama Shore star Kirk Medas died after being hospitalized for necrotizing pancreatitis. He was 33. Hall, 32, added that while her “heart is shattered,” she finds “peace in knowing” her ...

‘Our friend Kirk has been in the ICU for over two weeks now, battling a severe case of necrotizing pancreatitis,’ she wrote. ‘He’s currently on a ventilator, and the situation is ...