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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Fasciitis after Intramuscular Injection
Joint Authors
Patti, Rosalia
Di Vita, Gaetano
Abbate, Angelica
Mongitore, Martina
Almasio, Piero Luigi
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-05-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Necrotizing soft tissue fasciitis (NSTIs) or necrotizing fasciitis is an infrequent and serious infection.
Herein, we describe the clinical course of a female patient who received a diagnosis of NSTIs after gluteus intramuscular injection.
We also report the results of our review of published papers from 1997 to 2017.
Since now, 19 cases of NSTIs following intramuscular injections have been described.
We focus on the correlation between intramuscular injection and NSTIs onset, especially in immunosuppressed patients treated with corticosteroids, suffering from chronic diseases or drug addicted.
Intramuscular injections can provoke severe tissue trauma, representing local portal of infection, even if correctly administrated.
Otherwise, it is important not to inject drug in subcutaneous, which is a less vascularized area and therefore more susceptible to infections.
Likewise, a proper injecting technique and aspiration prior to injection seem to be valid measure to prevent intra-arterial or para-arterial drug injection with the consequent massive inflammatory reaction.
Necrosis at the infection site appears to be independent of the drug, and it is a strong additional risk factor for NSTIs.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abbate, Angelica& Almasio, Piero Luigi& Mongitore, Martina& Di Vita, Gaetano& Patti, Rosalia. 2018. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Fasciitis after Intramuscular Injection. Case Reports in Surgery،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abbate, Angelica…[et al.]. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Fasciitis after Intramuscular Injection. Case Reports in Surgery No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Abbate, Angelica& Almasio, Piero Luigi& Mongitore, Martina& Di Vita, Gaetano& Patti, Rosalia. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Fasciitis after Intramuscular Injection. Case Reports in Surgery. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150425
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1150425