Francis Glynis, Vigneswaran K, Gokul S, David Charisha, Nalamate Rajarajeswari, Vasanthi N, Venkatesan Sithanandakumar
Department of ENT, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
Department of General Medicine, PIMS, Pondicherry, India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Dec;76(6):5857-5860. doi: 10.1007/s12070-024-04919-x. Epub 2024 Aug 1.
We report an uncommon odontogenic actinomycotic cervicothoracic Nectrotizing Fasciitis (NF), treated with tracheostomy, immediate surgical debridement and antibiotics. Red flags for early identification, LRINEC scoring for prognostication, surgical debridement with aerobic & anaerobic culture specific antibiotics to improve survival in this life-threatening cervicothoracic NF in a young diabetic is discussed.
我们报告了一例罕见的牙源性放线菌性颈胸坏死性筋膜炎(NF),采用气管切开术、即刻手术清创和抗生素进行治疗。文中讨论了早期识别的警示信号、用于预后评估的LRINEC评分、针对需氧和厌氧培养的特异性抗生素进行手术清创,以提高一名年轻糖尿病患者在这种危及生命的颈胸NF中的生存率。