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Necrotizing fasciitis was once thought to be primarily caused by an extension of a dental or pharyngotonsillar infection, but other factors have since been implicated, including sinus infections, epiglottitis, insect bites, trauma, and previous surgery. The clinical course of Seurat's illness was over a period of 1 week, and his son died 2 weeks later, which makes acute epiglottitis caused by H. The study showed weekend admissions were associated with significantly higher in-hospital mortality rates than were weekday admissions among patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (42% versus 36%), acute epiglottitis (1. |
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