Condition

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

A rare, fast-spreading bacterial infection that destroys skin, fat and muscle and needs emergency surgery.

Also called: necrotizing fasciitis, flesh-eating bacteria, gas gangrene

Who Can Help with Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection?

• General Surgeons

  A surgeon who operates on the abdomen, skin and soft tissues, including hernia repair, gallbladder removal and appendectomy.

• Infectious Disease Doctors

  A physician who treats complex or long-lasting infections, such as HIV, hepatitis and infections that do not respond to usual treatment.

• Hyperbaric Medicine Doctors

  A physician who treats slow-healing wounds, carbon monoxide poisoning and other conditions with oxygen therapy in a pressurized chamber.

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• Acid Reflux
• Amputation
• Anal Abscess
• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• Anti-Reflux Surgery
• Appendectomy
• Appendicitis
• Biopsy
• Bone Infections
• Bowel Obstruction
• Breast Biopsy
• Breast Cancer
• Breast Lumps
• C. Diff Infection