ArticleEpidemiology and infection2016
Deaths from necrotizing fasciitis in the United States, 2003-2013.
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- [Necrotizing fasciitis following a motorcycle accident : Case report of gas gangrene and a practical algorithm for clinical management].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Patients With Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: A Prospective Observational Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- A Study on the Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Necrotizing Fasciitis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Trends in Necrotizing Fasciitis-Associated Mortality in the United States 2003-2020: A CDC WONDER Database Population-Based Study.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
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- Necrotizing fasciitis: act fast and act together.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2025Article
- Abdominal Necrotizing Fasciitis Secondary to Perforated Colon Cancer.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2025Article
- Truncating NFKB1 variants cause combined NLRP3 inflammasome activation and type I interferon signaling and predispose to necrotizing fasciitis.Cell reports. Medicine · 2024Article
- An Unexpected Turn: Management of a Life-Threatening Infection Following Liposuction Procedure.Cureus · 2024Article
- Genomic profiling of methicillin-sensitiveFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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- Investigation of the effects of clinical parameters on mortality in patients with necrotizing fasciitis.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2023Article
- Analysis of Multiple Causes of Death: A Review of Methods and Practices.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Review
- Prognostic factors for intraoperative detection of necrotizing fasciitis in severe soft tissue infections.PloS one · 2023Article
- Outcomes in necrotizing soft tissue infections are worse in rural versus urban Montana: a 10-year single center retrospective review.International journal of burns and trauma · 2023Article
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- Treatment of a Rare Case of Orbital Necrotizing Fasciitis Utilizing Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.Cureus · 2021Article
- Bacteriology and mortality of necrotizing fasciitis in a tertiary coastal hospital with comparing risk indicators of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio vulnificus infections: a prospective study.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: A Single-Center Retrospective Study of Treatment and Outcomes.Cureus · 2021Article
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Abstract
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a life-threatening infection requiring urgent surgical and medical therapy. Our objective was to estimate the mortality burden of NF in the United States, and to identify time trends in the incidence rate of NF-related mortality. We obtained data from the National Center for Health Statistics, which receives information from death certificates from all states, including demographic information and cause of death. The U.S. Multiple Cause of Death Files were searched from 2003 to 2013 for a listing of NF (ICD-10 code M72.6) as either the underlying or contributing cause of death. We identified a total of 9871 NF-related deaths in the United States between 2003 and 2013, corresponding to a crude mortality rate of 4·8 deaths/1,000,000 person-years, without a significant time trend. Compared to white individuals, the incidence rate of NF-associated death was greater in black, Hispanic, and American Indian individuals, and lower in Asian individuals. Streptococcal infection was most commonly identified in cases where a pathogen was reported. Diabetes mellitus and obesity were more commonly observed in NF-related deaths compared to deaths due to other causes. Racial differences in the incidence of NF-related deaths merits further investigation.
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