Necrotizing fasciitis after central venous catheter placement.

Publication

Necrotizing fasciitis after central venous catheter placement.

Journal Paper/Review - Dec 1, 2014

Leibig Nico, Hirche Christoph, Schmidt Volker, Bigdeli Amir K, Kneser Ulrich, Kremer Thomas

Citation

Leibig N, Hirche C, Schmidt V, Bigdeli A, Kneser U, Kremer T. Necrotizing fasciitis after central venous catheter placement. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2014; 15:850-2.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2014; 15

Publication Date

Dec 1, 2014

Issn Electronic

1557-8674

Pages

850-2

Brief description/objective

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) can appear after various penetrating or non-penetrating skin lesions. This is the first reported case in which NF occurred after a central venous line placement. Because of intubation and sedation of the critically ill patient, only local conditions can indicate NF although other decisive symptoms, such as pain out of proportion to physical findings, are not evaluable.