Neglected Fournier’s Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case Report
Fournier’s gangrene, rare but life threatening disease, is characterized by an acute necrotic infection of the scrotum, penis, or perineum. Fournier’s gangrene is a mixed infection caused by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Fournier’s gangrene caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumanni...
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| description | Fournier’s gangrene, rare but life threatening disease, is characterized by an acute necrotic infection of the scrotum, penis, or perineum. Fournier’s gangrene is a mixed infection caused by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Fournier’s gangrene caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported rarely. The mainstay of treatment is prompt recognition and a combination of antibiotics with radical debridement. We describe a case of a 56-year-old male patient presenting with neglected Fournier’s gangrene caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. Many treatment modalities including broad-spectrum antibiotics, aggressive debridement, negative pressure wound therapy, diversion colostomy, and partial-thickness skin grafts were applied to save the patient’s life. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-86f3bfcd9472478e9c55b02fca0be3f02025-02-03T06:13:43ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192016-01-01201610.1155/2016/84613548461354Neglected Fournier’s Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case ReportArif Emre0Mehmet Sertkaya1Sami Akbulut2Yakup Duman3Ilhami Taner Kale4Department of Surgery, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine, 46100 Kahramanmaras, TurkeyDepartment of Surgery, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine, 46100 Kahramanmaras, TurkeyDepartment of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, TurkeyDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine, 46100 Kahramanmaras, TurkeyDepartment of Surgery, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine, 46100 Kahramanmaras, TurkeyFournier’s gangrene, rare but life threatening disease, is characterized by an acute necrotic infection of the scrotum, penis, or perineum. Fournier’s gangrene is a mixed infection caused by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Fournier’s gangrene caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported rarely. The mainstay of treatment is prompt recognition and a combination of antibiotics with radical debridement. We describe a case of a 56-year-old male patient presenting with neglected Fournier’s gangrene caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. Many treatment modalities including broad-spectrum antibiotics, aggressive debridement, negative pressure wound therapy, diversion colostomy, and partial-thickness skin grafts were applied to save the patient’s life.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8461354 |
| spellingShingle | Arif Emre Mehmet Sertkaya Sami Akbulut Yakup Duman Ilhami Taner Kale Neglected Fournier’s Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case Report Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Neglected Fournier’s Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case Report |
| title_full | Neglected Fournier’s Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Neglected Fournier’s Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neglected Fournier’s Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case Report |
| title_short | Neglected Fournier’s Gangrene Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: A Rare Case Report |
| title_sort | neglected fournier s gangrene caused by acinetobacter baumannii a rare case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8461354 |
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