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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
Necrotizing fasciitis was first described by Hippocrates in the fifth century B.C. as the complication of erysipelas.It was described as "hospital gangrene" by confederate army surgeon Joseph jones.
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.[3]
- In 1883, Necrotizing fasciitis was first described in a specific body region by Fournier called "Fournier gangrene".
- Meleney reported a series of 20 patients in 1924 as having hemolytic streptococcal gangrene, later called meleney's gangrene.[4]
- The association between bacterial infection and necrotizing fasciitis was made in 1918.
- In 1952, the disease was named as necrotizing fasciitis by Wilson.
- Necrotizing fasciitis of perineum was described in 1883 by the French physician, Jean Alfred Fournier.
- Guiliano and colleagues divided the necrotizing fasciitis into type I and type II.[5]
- In 1989, Stevens and colleagues were the first to characterize unique clinical characteristics associated with GASNF.[6]
- The soft tissue infections were first classified as either local or spreading by Smith et al.[7]
- The soft tissue infections are classified into either necrotizing or non necrotizing by Lewis and further subdivided these infections into focal or diffuse.[8]
References
- ↑ Descamps V, Aitken J, Lee MG (1994). "Hippocrates on necrotising fasciitis". Lancet. 344 (8921): 556. PMID 7914656.
- ↑ Hasham S, Matteucci P, Stanley PR, Hart NB (2005). "Necrotising fasciitis". BMJ. 330 (7495): 830–3. doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7495.830. PMC 556077. PMID 15817551.
- ↑ WILSON B (1952). "Necrotizing fasciitis". Am Surg. 18 (4): 416–31. PMID 14915014.
- ↑ Sadasivan J, Maroju NK, Balasubramaniam A (2013). "Necrotizing fasciitis". Indian J Plast Surg. 46 (3): 472–8. doi:10.4103/0970-0358.121978. PMC 3897089. PMID 24459334.
- ↑ Krieg A, Röhrborn A, Schulte Am Esch J, Schubert D, Poll LW, Ohmann C; et al. (2009). "Necrotizing fasciitis: microbiological characteristics and predictors of postoperative outcome". Eur J Med Res. 14 (1): 30–6. PMC 3352202. PMID 19258208.
- ↑ Stevens DL (1995). "Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome: spectrum of disease, pathogenesis, and new concepts in treatment". Emerg Infect Dis. 1 (3): 69–78. doi:10.3201/eid0103.950301. PMC 2626872. PMID 8903167.
- ↑ Smith AJ, Daniels T, Bohnen JM (1996). "Soft tissue infections and the diabetic foot". Am J Surg. 172 (6A): 7S–12S. PMID 9003684.
- ↑ Lewis RT (1998). "Soft tissue infections". World J Surg. 22 (2): 146–51. PMID 9451929.