Infectious Disease
Morning Report: Fournier’s Gangrene
Here’s Dr. Abram with today’s Morning Report! Fournier’s Gangrene Named for: Jean-Alfred Fournier, venereologist in Paris, in an 1883 lecture Anatomy: Tends to run in between fascial planes, often sparing superficial and deep structures. Scarpa’s fascia can run up abdomen to clavicles. Risk: Portal of entry, virulence of pathogen, immunocompromised, co-morbidities Read more…