Management of Necrotising Fasciitis

Abstract

Necrotising fasciitis is an uncommon condition characterised by extensive toss of skin fascia and subcu­taneous tissues with sparing of underlying muscles. Mortality of this group of patients is quite high. It is a case study of nine patients who presented to us with necrotising fasciitis at the site of intra-muscular or intra-venous injection caused by use of unsterile or dirty syringe. Infection is usually of poly-microbial drug resistant organisms. Fasciotomy and surgical debridment was done in these cases under antibiotic cover but antibiotics failed to prove as effective mode of treatment