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Necrotizing fasciitis following gall-bladder perforation
1Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, UK.
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
|November 6, 1998
Abstract:
Necrotizing fasciitis continues to carry a very high mortality and prolonged morbidity. Gallstones have previously not been reported as a cause of this condition. We report a patient who presented with gallbladder perforation leading to necrotizing fasciitis of the anterior abdominal wall. The only organism isolated was Escherichia Coli, cultured from necrotic issue.