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Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 3/2021

01-03-2021 | Necrotizing Fasciitis | GI Image

Meleney’s Synergic Gangrene

Authors: Marina Pérez-Flecha González, Joaquín Manuel Muñoz Rodríguez, Carlos San Miguel Mendez, Miguel Ángel García Ureña

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Issue 3/2021

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Excerpt

Meleney’s synergic gangrene is a rare soft tissue infection that occurs as a complication of a surgical procedure with a high mortality rate. Dr. Meleney and Dr. Brewer first described it in 1926 in a patient on the 10th day after the drainage of an appendicular abscess. They focused on the study of bacterial synergism in infectious diseases [1]. …
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Davson J, Jones MD, Turner L. Diagnosis of Meleney’s synergistic gangrene. Br J Surg 1988; 7: 267-271.
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Meleney FL. Bacterial Synergism in Disease Processes with a confirmation of the Synergistic bacterial etiology of a certain type of progressive gangrene of the abdominal wall. Ann Surg 1931; 44: 961-981.
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Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF et al. Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. ISDA Guidelines. CID 2014; 59(2):e10-52.
Metadata
Title
Meleney’s Synergic Gangrene
Authors
Marina Pérez-Flecha González
Joaquín Manuel Muñoz Rodríguez
Carlos San Miguel Mendez
Miguel Ángel García Ureña
Publication date
01-03-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 1091-255X
Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04531-8

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