Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics of Necrotizing Fasciitis Patients

Patient #	Age	Ethnicity	Dx to Tx (in Days)*	Length of Stay (in Days)	Predisposing Factors	Wound Culture	Outcome
1	28	Pacific Islander (Hawaiian/ Filipino)	<1	4†	Infected episiotomy	Coag. neg. staph‡, B. fragilis, E. coli Peptostreptococcus sp., K. pneumoniae, C. perfringens	Died
2	44	Pacific Islander (Hawaiian)	<1	3	DMII, Obesity, HTN, Hx of perineal abscesses bilaterally with surgery	MRSA	Recovered
3	35	Pacific Islander (Hawaiian)	<1	1§	Obesity	S. pyogenes	Recovered
4	32	Caucasian	<1	51	Chorioamnionitis Status post cesarean section	S. agalactiae	Recovered
5	67	Caucasian	<1	44	DMII, Obesity, Chemotherapy, HTN, Status post TAH-BSO	P. mirabilis, E.coli, Peptostreptcoccus sp., S. agalactiae, Anaerobic GNR	Recovered
6	41	Filipino	<1	17	DMII, status post TAH	Diphtheriods, Coag. neg. staph, S. agalactiae, Peptostreptococcus sp.	Recovered
7	41	Pacific Islander (New Zealand)	<1	29	DMII, Obesity	Coag. neg. staph	Recovered

HTN=hypertension, DMII= Diabetes mellitus Type II, MRSA= methicillin resistant S. aureus, GNR=gram negative rods;

^*Dx to Tx: Time from Diagnosis to treatment in days;

^†Transferred on day 2 and died at other hospital 2 days later;

^‡Coag. neg. staph.= Coagulase negative staphylococcus;

^§Transferred to other hospital for recovery