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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
*Necrotizing fasciitis was first described by Hippocrates in the fifth century B.C. as the complication of [[erysipelas]]<ref name="pmid556077">{{cite journal| author=Wasfy AA, Shoeb S, El-Mashad A, El-Ebrashy N, Higazi A, Gaber A et al.| title=Detection of anaerobic respiratory bacteria with a new therapeutic approach. | journal=J Egypt Med Assoc | year= 1978 | volume= 61 | issue= 11-12 | pages= 757-61 | pmid=556077 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=556077 }} </ref><ref name="pmid1988793">{{cite journal| author=Caplehorn JR, Bell J| title=Methadone dosage and retention of patients in maintenance treatment. | journal=Med J Aust | year= 1991 | volume= 154 | issue= 3 | pages= 195-9 | pmid=1988793 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1988793 }} </ref> | |||
*It was first described as "Hospital gangrene" during civil war by confederate army surgeon Joseph Jones. | |||
*The association between bacterial infection and necrotizing fasciitis was made in 1918. | |||
*In 1952, the disease was named as necrotizing fasciitis. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Historical Perspective
- Necrotizing fasciitis was first described by Hippocrates in the fifth century B.C. as the complication of erysipelas[1][2]
- It was first described as "Hospital gangrene" during civil war by confederate army surgeon Joseph Jones.
- The association between bacterial infection and necrotizing fasciitis was made in 1918.
- In 1952, the disease was named as necrotizing fasciitis.
References
- ↑ Wasfy AA, Shoeb S, El-Mashad A, El-Ebrashy N, Higazi A, Gaber A; et al. (1978). "Detection of anaerobic respiratory bacteria with a new therapeutic approach". J Egypt Med Assoc. 61 (11–12): 757–61. PMID 556077.
- ↑ Caplehorn JR, Bell J (1991). "Methadone dosage and retention of patients in maintenance treatment". Med J Aust. 154 (3): 195–9. PMID 1988793.