Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Imaging diagnosis and minimally-invasive management of necrotizing fasciitis in a dog.
- Journal:
- Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T
- Year:
- 2013
- Authors:
- Bowlt, K L et al.
- Affiliation:
- Centre for Small Animal Studies · United Kingdom
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
Necrotising fasciitis is a rapidly progressive, aggressive bacterial infection of the subcutis associated with significant morbidity and mortality in both man and domestic animals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first veterinary report of magnetic resonance imaging findings in necrotising fasciitis, and the first reported case in a dog to be successfully treated with minimally invasive surgical intervention.
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