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Case Reports
. 2020 May 10:32:101245.
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101245. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Necrotising fasciitis in a ten month old infant

Johannes Eduard Delport  1 , Khanyisa Makamba  2
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Necrotising fasciitis in a ten month old infant

Johannes Eduard Delport et al. Urol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Necrotising Fasciitis, also known as Fournier's Gangrene (FG), is a condition that rarely affects children. FG was first described by French venereologist, Jean Alfred Fournier in 1883. It is more common in adults and is strongly linked to immunosuppression. Few paediatric cases of FG have been described and therefore we present a case of a ten month old infant with a FG perineum that only affected the external genitalia (scrotum and penis).

Keywords: Genitalia; Infant; Infection; Necrotising fasciitis.

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Necrotising fasciitis of perineum, scrotum and penile skin.
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Reconstructive surgery including penoplasty, scrotoplasty and bilateral orchidopexy.
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External genitalia 18 months post reconstructive surgery.
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