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*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="pmid1295242">{{cite journal| author=Korzekwa P, Poplicha T| title=[A rare case of coexistence of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and sigmoid neoplasm]. | journal=Wiad Lek | year= 1992 | volume= 45 | issue= 1-2 | pages= 62-3 | pmid=1295242 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1295242 }} </ref> | *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="pmid1295242">{{cite journal| author=Korzekwa P, Poplicha T| title=[A rare case of coexistence of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and sigmoid neoplasm]. | journal=Wiad Lek | year= 1992 | volume= 45 | issue= 1-2 | pages= 62-3 | pmid=1295242 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1295242 }} </ref> | ||
*It was first described as "Hospital gangrene" during civil war by confederate army surgeon Joseph Jones. | *It was first described as "Hospital gangrene" during civil war by confederate army surgeon Joseph Jones. | ||
*In 1883, Necrotizing fasciitis was first described in a specific body region by Fournier. | *In 1883, Necrotizing fasciitis was first described in a specific body region by Fournier. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
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.
- In 1883, Necrotizing fasciitis was first described in a specific body region by Fournier.
- Meleney reported a series of 20 patients in 1924 as having hemolytic streptococcal gangrene, later called meleney's gangrene.
- The association between bacterial infection and necrotizing fasciitis was made in 1918.
- In 1952, the disease was named as necrotizing fasciitis by Wilson.
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.
- ↑ Korzekwa P, Poplicha T (1992). "[A rare case of coexistence of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and sigmoid neoplasm]". Wiad Lek. 45 (1–2): 62–3. PMID 1295242.