TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2019-5-106
TI - Necrotizing Fasciitis of The Abdominal Wall Following Colonoscopy with Fatal Outcome - A Case Report
AU - Daniel, Matz
AU - Oleg , Heizmann
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2019
DA - Wed 30, Oct 2019
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2019.05.06
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/necrotizing-fasciitis-of-the-abdominal-wall-following-colonoscopy-with-fatal-outcome-a-case-report_SCR-2019-5-106 
KW - necrotizing fasciitis, colonoscopy, post polypectomy syndrome, soft tissue infection
AB - Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a serious and potentially life threatening soft tissue infection, usually caused by different types of bacteria such as group A streptococcus, staphylococcus spp. (type 1 infection) or mixed infection by aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (type 2 infection). Usually, the infection arises from skin injury, in injections or surgical procedures and effects the fascia as well as the subcutaneous tissue. Overwhelming progression and difficulties in diagnosing are very common. Mortality rate is up to 100% depending on the type of soft tissue infection and did not markedly decrease in the past decades [1]. Here we present a case of NF with fatal outcome following colonoscopy, which was primarily suspected to be a post polypectomy syndrome.