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IBCC Episode 118 - Necrotising Fasciitis

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What Are the Types of Necrotizing Fasciitis?

There are roughly three types, and i think practically speaking, most of the folks that were going to see are going to be type one or type two. And essentially the fascia can become necrotic, kind of devitalize the overutlying skin, and by the time we really identify what's going on, the deep infection may have spread very far. Onest: I find this concept to be useful, particularly when kind of parcing out the strip to cockle type two neck fash from the type one, poly microbal neck fash. The other thing that can occur is patients who are getting like, cemo therapy or profoundly muno suppressed, can actually get

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