International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery | 2019
Necrotizing soft tissue infection following routine third molar extraction: report of two cases and review of the literature.
Abstract
Necrotizing cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis, and necrotizing myositis are a constellation of severe soft tissue infections characterized by rapid progression, dusky soft tissue changes, and edema and induration expanding beyond the clinical wound edges. The cases of two female patients with type II necrotizing soft tissue infections occurring after routine third molar extraction are reported here. The patients were treated for the infections at the University of North Carolina Hospitals in 2016. Both were previously healthy. Of particular interest, recent inoculation of group A Streptococcus appears to have contributed to the infection in both cases.