Necrotizing Fasciitis Essay

Necrotizing Fasciitis is a very rare bacterial skin infection and also goes by flesh-eating bacteria, Necrotizing means causing the death of tissues and fascia is a sheet of connective tissues beneath the skin that surround muscles, nerves, fat, and blood vessels and is often associated with sepsis or widespread organ failure. Necrotizing Fasciitis can be caused by more than one type of bacteria, which can lead to a polymicrobial infection which is the presence of several species of microorganisms, most produce toxins that damage or kill the superficial fascia tissue and on. Streptococcus (group A strep) and Staphylococcus aureus are one of the main causes of necrotizing fasciitis, one of the rarest causes of necrotizing fasciitis is Aeromonas hydrophila which is a gram negative bacterium and is usually associated with brackish waters such as lagoons, marshes, deltas and estuaries this strand of bacteria is very resistant to antibiotics, and it can lead to sepsis and infection of other body organs, another cause is when cultures of infected tissue show a mixture of nonanaerobic bacterial types such as Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, and Clostridium is a cause if gas is found in the infected tissue. Investigators have concluded that tissues damaged by nonanaerobic to a great extent lead to hypoxia which is a
A surgeon should be alerted for debridement of necrotic tissue, to collect tissue samples needed for culture or for amputation to reduce the spread of the disease, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to preserve healthy tissue, and medication is given to raise blood pressure. Most patients are admitted into the ICU because sepsis and multi organ failure is likely and need to be treated aggressively to prevent