Gangrena de Fournier

Classified as a medical urgency, fournier’s gangrene is a rapidly progressive bacterial infection of the skin that affects the genitals and perineum common in men and women of any age. Fournier in 1884 discovered five cases of necrotizing fasciitis of genitals for unknown cause. Now it is known that there are a number of risk factors such as infection of genitourinary tract, anorectal infection, diabetes mellitus, immune system disorders and HIV positive.Lymphatic and hematogenous dissemination of the bacteria causes edema, lymphatic, venous and thrombotic infection caused by bacterial proliferation and tissue destruction. There will also be subcutaneous emphysema because the air gets into the tissues when the causative agents are anaerobics . Due to all these reasons it is important surgical intervention to save the life of the patient.