Necrotizing fasciitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Necrotizing fasciitis, or a subtype of Necrotizing fasciitis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Necrotizing fasciitis: Introduction
Broader types of Necrotizing fasciitis:
Incidence (annual) of Necrotizing fasciitis: 600 cases (DBMD)
Incidence Rate of Necrotizing fasciitis: approx 1 in 453,333 or 0.00% or 600 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Necrotizing fasciitis:
600 were necrotizing fasciitis (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease General: DBMD)
Complications of Necrotizing fasciitis:
see complications of Necrotizing fasciitis
Causes of Necrotizing fasciitis: see causes of Necrotizing fasciitis
Risk factors for Necrotizing fasciitis:
see
risk factors for Necrotizing fasciitis
Symptoms of Necrotizing fasciitis: see symptoms of Necrotizing fasciitis
Complications of Necrotizing fasciitis: see complications of Necrotizing fasciitis
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Necrotizing fasciitis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Necrotizing fasciitis.
Treatments for Necrotizing fasciitis:
see treatments for Necrotizing fasciitis
Research for Necrotizing fasciitis:
see research for Necrotizing fasciitis
Organs and body systems related to Necrotizing fasciitis include:
Main name of condition: Necrotizing fasciitis
Class of Condition for Necrotizing fasciitis: bacterial
flesh-eating bacteria
Fournier gangrene
Source - Diseases Database
Flesh-eating bacteria
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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