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Necrotizing fasciitis in patients with diabetes mellitus: clinical
characteristics and risk factors for mortality
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Cheng NC
; Tai HC
; Chang SC
; Chang CH
; Lai HS
BMC Infect Dis
2015[Oct]; 15
(ä): 417
PMID26463900
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BACKGROUND: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive and
life-threatening infection. This study aimed to investigate the clinical
characteristics and mortality- associated factors in diabetic patients. METHODS:
Detailed clinical information of 165 NF cases was retrospectively collected and
analyzed in National Taiwan University Hospital between January 1997 and February
2013. We documented and compared the clinical features according to the presence
of underlying diabetes mellitus, and we identified risk factors associated with
mortality. RESULTS: There were 84 patients (51 %) with diabetes. The overall case
fatality rate was 29.7 %, and we found no significant difference between the
patients with or without diabetes. Compared with the nondiabetic patients,
diabetic patients were older and exhibited higher serum levels of glucose and
potassium on admission. Polymicrobial infection and monomicrobial NF caused by
Klebsiella pneumoniae were also more frequently associated with diabetic
patients. Moreover, diabetic NF patients exhibit a significantly higher chance of
limb loss during hospitalization. In the combined diabetic and nondiabetic
cohort, a high serum level of potassium (odds ratio, 2.2; 95 % confidence
interval, 1.2 to 4.02; P?=?0.011) on admission was independently associated with
mortality, whereas positive blood culture on admission was associated with
mortality in the diabetic cohort (odds ratio, 7.36; 95 % confidence interval,
1.66 to 32.54; P?=?0.009). CONCLUSIONS: Diabetic patients are more susceptible to
NF caused by polymicrobial infection or K. pneumoniae, and they are more likely
to receive limb amputation for infection control. Bacteraemia on admission is a
significant risk factor for mortality in diabetic NF patients.