Fournier gangrene

In 1996, he had a Fournier gangrene solved through an emergency operation.

Fournier gangrene can also be a reason for penectomy and/or orchiectomy.

When it occurs on the genitals, it is called Fournier gangrene.

Fournier gangrene usually affects the male genitals and groin.

In the majority of cases Fournier gangrene is a mixed infection caused by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.

Death can result from Fournier gangrene.

However, Fournier gangrene is not a reportable illness, so the number of unreported cases is unclear.

Fournier gangrene is a type of necrotizing infection or gangrene usually affecting the perineum.

He reportedly had uremia and a urethral obstruction, both of which deteriorated into Fournier gangrene, which killed him soon after.

Kyrastas was admitted on 5 March 2004 to hospital with septicaemia, after being infected with the rare Fournier gangrene.

Fournier gangrene is a urological emergency requiring intravenous antibiotics and debridement (surgical removal) of necrotic (dead) tissue.

Puerto Rican abolitionist and pro-independence leader Segundo Ruiz Belvis died from Fournier gangrene in November 1867.

Galerius died in late April or early May 311 from a horribly gruesome disease described by Eusebius and Lactantius, possibly some form of bowel cancer, gangrene or Fournier gangrene.