Evidencias científicas brasileñas acerca de la gangrena de Fournier

The objective of this study was to describe the Brazilian scientific reports published over the past twenty years on Fournier’sgangrene. It is an integrative review conducted through incursions in the LILACS, MEDLINE, BDENF and Coleciona SUS databaseswith the descriptor ‘Fournier’s Gangrene’. Texts published between January 1994 and July 2014, in Portuguese, andfreely available online were selected. According to the 14 articles found, the main symptoms of Fournier’s gangrene includediscomfort with painful sensations, high fever, edema, malaise, and sweating. In most cases erythema and blistering areobserved, evolving into a wound. The clinical profile assists in the selection of empirical antimicrobial therapy even beforethe culture results. It was concluded that early diagnosis and appropriate and aggressive treatment are crucial in patientprognosis. There is still a shortage of Brazilian scientific production with a high power of evidence on the subject.