A case of Nicolau syndrome treated with hyperbaric oxygen

• Authors: Cemil Yildiz , Hüseyin Özkan , Hakan Ay , Yuksel Yurttaş , Sekan Bilgic , Kemal Şimşek , Mustafa Başbozkurt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A 3-year-old boy with a Nicolau Syndrome (NS) on the left side of the body and the limbs after benzathine penicilline injection is reported. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first report of hyperbaric oxygen used in the late treatment of NS preventing the progress of the necrosis and therefore limiting the amputation level.

Keywords

EN

Nicolau syndrome; Penicillin; Hyperbaric oxygen; Necrosis; Amputation

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 262-264

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2009

online

27 - 3 - 2009

Contributors

author

Cemil Yildiz

• Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Hüseyin Özkan

• Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Hakan Ay

• Department of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Yuksel Yurttaş

• Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Sekan Bilgic

• Department of Emergency Medicine Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Kemal Şimşek

• Department of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Mustafa Başbozkurt

• Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-009-0022-9