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Today's new horror: necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva

By Seamus Bellamy

Apr 16, 2025
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Necrotizing Fasciitis. Nephron (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Doctors in the U.K. report a rise in the number of cases of necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva.

Doctors at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust detailed three such cases in a paper published this month in BMJ Case Reports. All three women were hospitalized, and one died as a result. These cases are pa…

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