NECROTIZING FASCIITIS IN AN INFANT: RARE DISEASE IN AN UNCOMMON AGE GROUP
No. 25 (2017), Original Article
No. 25 (2017)

NECROTIZING FASCIITIS IN AN INFANT: RARE DISEASE IN AN UNCOMMON AGE GROUP

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Published 2021-04-10
Roaa JAMJOOM
Emergency Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University
N Aboalfaraj
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
َ Agabawi
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
R Abdulgader
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
D Zaghaba
Emergency Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University
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Keywords

cellulitis
infections
nose
pediatric emergency
sepsis

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JAMJOOM, R. ., Aboalfaraj , N., Agabawi َ., Abdulgader, R., & Zaghaba , D. (2021). NECROTIZING FASCIITIS IN AN INFANT: RARE DISEASE IN AN UNCOMMON AGE GROUP. Mediterranean Journal of Emergency Medicine, (25), 38-39. Retrieved from http://ojs.mjemonline.com/index.php/mjem/article/view/65
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Abstract

Three months old girl known case of down’s syndrome presented with what seemed to be an usual case of common cold with a nasal tip cellulitis that progressed to what was diagnosed later as multi-bacterial (pseudomonas aeruginosa and klebsiella pneumonia) nasal necrotizing fasciitis in an infant who survived the stormy clinical course.

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