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Soft Tissue Infections
Blood Tests Can Help Detect Presence of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
December 16th, 2008
With less than half of patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections displaying the physical signs of these very serious infections, researchers have found two simple blood tests can help physicians diagnose what is commonly known as "flesh-eating bacteria," according to a study in the December issue of The American Journal of Surgery. Researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) found only 43 percent of the patients admitted to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center's emergency department with necrotizing soft tissue infections had obvious signs of the infections: purplish-colored skin and gas bubbles beneath the skin. In...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-16)
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