Fournier's gangrene in childhood: a report of 3 infant patients

Experience of 80 Cases with Fournier's Gangrene and 'Trauma' as a Trigger Factor in the Etiopathogenesis

“…[29][30][31][32][33] Even with the lower incidence rates, the disease was found in females and in all age groups of childhood including newborn and infancy periods. [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] The results of the present report were in agreement with the literature regarding age and sex. The most affected patients were the males aged between 50 and 60 years.…”

Are neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-lymphocyte ratio as effective as Fournier's gangrene severity index for predicting the number of debridements in Fourner's gangrene?

“…[2][3][4][5] The disease predominantly affects adult males but also occurs in females and at every age, even in children with similar patterns. [6][7][8] There have been many efforts to find valuable prognostic criteria in the literature. [9][10][11] However, we did not find use of the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in the English literature.…”

Fournier's gangrene in a pediatric patient after prolonged neglected diarrhea: A case report

“…The treatment of Fournier's gangrene in children is equivocal. On one hand some studies favor medical management or conservative surgery in children [7][8][9], others advocate prompt and aggressive surgical debridement [4]. In our case, the child had diarrhea with perianal excoriation which progressed rapidly to a severe debilitating ulcer of the perineum.…”