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==[[Necrotizing fasciitis classification|Classification]]==
==[[Necrotizing fasciitis classification|Classification]]==
*Necrotizing fasciitis may be classified according to international classification of diseases-10 (ICD-10) into:<ref> ICD-10 version:2016. http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2016/en#/M72.6 2016 Accessed on August 25,2016 </ref>
:*M72.6 Necrotizing fasciitis
*Based on microbiological findings, necrotizing fasciitis may be classified into four types
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! Type !! Organism
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| Type 1 or Polymicrobial || ● ''[[Non-Group A streptococci]]''<br>● Anaerobes including [[clostridia]]<br>● [[Facultative anaerobes]]<br>● [[Enterobacteria]]             
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| Type 2 or Monomicrobial || ● Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci group A ([[Streptococcus pyogenes]])
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| Type 3 or<br> [[Gas gangrene]] or<br> [[Clostridial myonecrosis]]|| ● Marine [[vibrio vulnificus]]
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| Type 4 || ● [[MRSA]]
|}


==[[Necrotizing fasciitis pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==
==[[Necrotizing fasciitis pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2] Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]

Synonyms and keywords:Phagadena; Phagadena gangrenosum; Meleney’s gangrene; Hemolytic streptococcal gangrene; Flesh eating bacteria; Hospital gangrene; Acute dermal gangrene; Suppurative fasciitis; Synergistic necrotizing cellulitis; Gangrenous ulcer; Malignant ulcer; Putrid ulcer

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  • The incidence of necrotizing fasciitis in adults is 0.40 cases per 100,000 people/year and the incidence in children is higher at 0.08 cases per 100,000 people/year.[1][2]

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  1. File TM, Tan JS, DiPersio JR (1998). "Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. Diagnosing and treating the "flesh-eating bacteria syndrome"". Cleve Clin J Med. 65 (5): 241–9. PMID 9599907.
  2. Chaouat Y, Chaouat D (1988). "[Primary hyperparathyroidism. History]". Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic. 55 (7): 475–8. PMID 3051309.