Local trends of antibiotic prescriptions for necrotizing fasciitis patients in two tertiary care hospitals in Central Malaysia

• Main Authors: Rampal, Sanjiv, Ganesan, Thanusha, Sisubalasingam, Narresh, Neela, Vasantha Kumari, Tokgoz, Mehmet Ali, Arunasalam, Arun, Ab Halim, Mohd Asyraf Hafizuddin, Bin Shamsudin, Zulfahrizzat, Kumar, Suresh, Sinniah, Ajantha
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine; RB Pathology; RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34381/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive inflammatory infection of the soft tissue (also known as the fascia) with a secondary necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues, leading to a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), shock and eventually death despite the availability of current...