Author(s)

Dembélé Adama^1*, Cissé Mohamed Elmouloud¹, Togo Pierre¹, Tall Koureissi², Maïga Belco¹, Keïta Djeneba², Doumbia Abdoul Karim¹, Coulibaly Oumar¹, Issa Amadou³, Ahamadou Ibrahim¹, Coulibaly Bakary¹, Traoré Kalirou¹, Togo Boubacar¹

¹Department of Paediatrics, Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
²Bamako Dermatological Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
³Department of Paediatric Surgery, Bamako, Mali.

Fournier’s gangrene is a form of necrotizing fasciitis that has multiple causes and is relatively uncommon in children. We report a case of Fournier’s gangrene of infectious origin in a 12-month-old infant following an insect bite. A rapid diagnosis and multidisciplinary care saved the patient.

Pediatrics, Infant, Fournier’s Gangrene, Insect Bite

Adama, D. , Elmouloud, C. , Pierre, T. , Koureissi, T. , Belco, M. , Djeneba, K. , Karim, D. , Oumar, C. , Amadou, I. , Ibrahim, A. , Bakary, C. , Kalirou, T. and Boubacar, T. (2023) Fournier’s Gangrene in a Child Hospitalised in the Paediatric Emergency Department of the Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 13, 214-219. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2023.132027.