Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes

A 68-year old man was admitted to our department with left arm erythema, pain, and swelling after injecting insulin isophane. LRINEC score, CT, and MRI imaging diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis. With surgical debridement, tight glycemic control and treatment, the patient was discharged 13 days later....

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Main Authors:	Christina Voulgari, MD, Eleftheria Alexaki, MD, Stavroula Chini, MD, Sofia Vogiaki, MD, Irene Gamatsi, MD, Stamata Pagoni, MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:	Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214624516300016

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spelling	doaj-a1659f13b6eb46249d0665c2844b1e2d2020-11-25T01:05:49ZengElsevierJournal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports2214-62452016-12-0121516Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetesChristina Voulgari, MD0Eleftheria Alexaki, MD1Stavroula Chini, MD2Sofia Vogiaki, MD3Irene Gamatsi, MD4Stamata Pagoni, MD53rd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece; Corresponding author. 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, 154 Mesogeion Street, Athens 11527, Greece.3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Burns Unit, Microsurgery and Hand Surgery, Athens General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, GreeceA 68-year old man was admitted to our department with left arm erythema, pain, and swelling after injecting insulin isophane. LRINEC score, CT, and MRI imaging diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis. With surgical debridement, tight glycemic control and treatment, the patient was discharged 13 days later. Keywords: Necrotizing, Fasciitis, Diabetes, Methicillin, Resistant, Staphylococcushttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214624516300016
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spellingShingle	Christina Voulgari, MD Eleftheria Alexaki, MD Stavroula Chini, MD Sofia Vogiaki, MD Irene Gamatsi, MD Stamata Pagoni, MD Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports
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title	Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes
title_short	Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes
title_full	Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes
title_fullStr	Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes
title_full_unstemmed	Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes
title_sort	necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes
publisher	Elsevier
series	Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports
issn	2214-6245
publishDate	2016-12-01
description	A 68-year old man was admitted to our department with left arm erythema, pain, and swelling after injecting insulin isophane. LRINEC score, CT, and MRI imaging diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis. With surgical debridement, tight glycemic control and treatment, the patient was discharged 13 days later. Keywords: Necrotizing, Fasciitis, Diabetes, Methicillin, Resistant, Staphylococcus
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214624516300016
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Necrotizing fasciitis in a 68-year old patient with insulin-treated steroid diabetes

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