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ArticleClinical case reports2020

Spontaneous closure of an extensive postdebridement perineal wound in a newly diagnosed diabetic patient presenting with necrotizing fasciitis.

David Muchuweti, Edwin Muguti, Simbarashe Gift Mungazi

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fournier's Gangrene under Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Therapy in Gynecological Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David MuchuwetiDepartment of Surgery College of Health Sciences University of Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8409-6067
Edwin MugutiDepartment of Surgery College of Sciences University of Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe.
Simbarashe Gift MungaziDepartment of Surgery National University of Science and Technology Bulawayo Zimbabwe.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8048-4866

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus may present for the first time with necrotizing fasciitis. Early treatment of septic shock and immediate surgical debridement reduces mortality. A diverting loop colostomy prevents soiling of extensive postdebridement wound. Local wound care together with good glycemic and infection control leads to spontaneous wound closure.

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debridementdiabetes mellitusFournier' s gangreneglycemic controlimmunosuppressionnecrotizing fasciitisspontaneous

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PMID32577261
PMCPMC7303866

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