RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Necrotizing fasciitis complicated by multiple pneumoceles
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1394
OP 1396
VO 24
IS 12
A1 Maheboob, Sheikh N
A1 Louon, Andre M
A1 Ahmed, Abdel H
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/12/1394.abstract
AB This paper reports a 14-year-old male patient who developed necrotizing fasciitis of the leg after a minor trauma. He was admitted to our intensive care unit with septic shock and acute lung injury. The clinical course was complicated by bilateral multiple pneumoceles resulting in bilateral pneumothoraces. The causative organism was found to be Staphylococcus aureus. This young patient survived and was discharged home in fair general condition.