CHALLENGES OF DIAGNOSING NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION
https://doi.org/10.35266/2949-3447-2023-4-8
Abstract
The article presents a case of diagnosing and treatment of a patient with necrotizing soft tissue infection of the right upper limb with immunodeficiency on HIV infection that progressed to AIDS stage. No typical clinical and laboratory indicators in patients with compromised immunity being found at the consultation may result in late diagnosis and delayed proper treatment, as well as in rapidly progressing soft tissue necrosis. All of this substantiates the severity of such patients’ condition and their high mortality rate. Medical officers should be aware of these features in order to attentively provide medical care to patients suffering from soft tissue infections that require surgical interventions.
About the Authors
Igor A. Alimov
Tyumen State Medical University, Tyumen
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Sciences (Medicine), Docent
Viktor G. Petrov
Tyumen State Medical University, Tyumen
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Sciences (Medicine), Professor
Evgeniy V. Kruchinin
Tyumen State Medical University, Tyumen
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Sciences (Medicine), Docent, Professor
Artem I. Alimov
Tyumen Hospital, West-Siberian Medical Center of Federal Life Sciences Agency, Tyumen
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Surgeon
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Alimov I.A., Petrov V.G., Kruchinin E.V., Alimov A.I. CHALLENGES OF DIAGNOSING NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION. Vestnik SurGU. Meditsina. 2023;16(4):53-60. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35266/2949-3447-2023-4-8
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