Akut, infektiös gangrän (kallbrand) som drabbar pungen, penis och bäckenbotten, och som orsakas av grampositiva bakterier, enterobaciller och anaeroba bakterier, oftast till följd av skada, operationsingrepp eller urinvägsinfektion.
An acute necrotic infection of the SCROTUM; PENIS; or PERINEUM. It is characterized by scrotum pain and redness with rapid progression to gangrene and sloughing of tissue. Fournier gangrene is usually secondary to perirectal or periurethral infections associated with local trauma, operative procedures, or urinary tract disease.
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Gangrene, Fournier — Fournier's Disease — Fourniers Disease — Fournier's Gangrene — Fourniers Gangrene — Gangrene, Fournier's — Fournier Disease