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JOHN H. HIRSCH, MD
Fort Lauderdale, Fla

AMA Arch Surg. 1974;109(5):718.

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To the Editor.–Rhea and Wyrick report 30% mortality in 44 cases of necrotizing fasciitis.¹ Quintiliani and Engh report seven similar cases, with four deaths.²

Two additional cases are presented with control through silver nitrate soaks.

CASE 1.–In 1966, a 27-year-old woman was admitted with presumptive diagnosis of gas gangrene of the left buttock. Smear showed no Clostridium. Incision and drainage of a horseshoe abscess was performed, and massive antibiotic therapy begun, with alterations instituted when failure was apparent. Debridement was performed in the isolation unit without anesthesia. A regimen of activated zinc peroxide was begun on the 20th day with good response; however, by the 26th day all available supplies were exhausted. Continuous soaks of 0.5% silver nitrate were begun. Administration of all antibiotics was stopped and, although the posterior musculature of the left buttock to ankle formed the bed of a Meleney ulcer, she was transferred well . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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