A Fatal Case of Fulminant Necrotising Fasciitis in a 47-Year-Old Male

Abstract

Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rare soft tissue infection characterized by rapid progressive necrosis. Initially patients usually present with nonspecific symptoms like fever, severe pain and skin lesions that progress rapidly. It requires prompt recognition and early treatment with extensive surgical debridement and intravenous antibiotics. Mortality despite adequate therapy is high, ranging between 15 and 46%. NF has previously been reported in literature. Some assumed premorbid conditions associated with NF are diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney injury, adiposity, peripheral artery occlusive disease, arterial hypertension, intravenous drug abuse and immunocompromised state. Here we present a fatal case of NF in a 47-year-old male patient without any comorbidity after minor trauma with a fulminant septic course.