Fournier's gangrene: Clinical case and review of the literature

Abstract

Fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening acute necrotizing fasciitis of perianal,genitourinary and perineal areas. Nowadays, is well known that Fournier gangrene is almost never an idiopathic disease. In this article we report a case of a 70-year-old patient that initially was not treated properly. The gold standard therapy of the Fournier's gangrene remains today a complete, early and extended surgical debridement.

Keywords

• Fournier's gangrene
• Necrotizing fasciitis
• Scrotal gangrene
• Perianal abscess
• Surgical debridement
• Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Proteus mirabilis
• Eenterococci
• Bacteroides fragilis.