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Apr 2021
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Episode 39 - Necrotizing Soft Tissue Inf...

DR. DENNIS KIM
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Rare. Morbid. Lethal. NSTIs area group of infections which result in aggressive tissue destruction, systemic toxicity, and can involve any layer of the soft tissue. The key to successful management (like so many disease processes) is having a high index of suspicion together with administration of early, broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgery.

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