Editing Necrotizing fasciitis (section)

==History==
In the fifth century BCE, [[Hippocrates]] was the first to describe necrotizing soft tissue infections.<blockquote>"[[Erysipelas]] all over the body while the cause was only a trivial accident. Bones, flesh, and sinew (cord, tendon, or nerve) would fall off from the body and there were many deaths". </blockquote>Necrotizing soft-tissue infections were first described in English by British surgeon Leonard Gillespie and British physicians Gilbert Blaine and [[Thomas Trotter (physician)|Thomas Trotter]] in the 18th century.  At that time, there was no standardized name for NSTIs.  They were variably described as severe ulcers, gangrene, erysipelas, or cellulitis.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ballesteros JR, Garcia-Tarriño R, Ríos M, Domingo A, Rodríguez-Roiz JM, Llusa-Pérez M, García-Ramiro S, ((Soriano-Viladomiu A.)) | title = Necrotizing soft tissue infections: A review | journal = International Journal of Advanced Joint Reconstruction | year = 2016 | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 9 | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304704912}}</ref> Later, "hospital gangrene" became more commonly used. In 1871, [[Confederate States Army]] surgeon Joseph Jones reported 2,642 cases of hospital gangrene with a mortality rate of 46%. 

In 1883, Dr [[Jean-Alfred Fournier]] described necrotizing infections of the perineum and [[scrotum]], now named after him as [[Fournier gangrene]]. The term "necrotizing fasciitis" was coined by Dr. Bob Wilson in 1952.<ref name="Paz2014" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=B |year=1952 |title=Necrotizing fasciitis |journal=The American Surgeon |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=416–431 |pmid=14915014}}</ref>  Since then, its definition has broadened to include infections of fascia and soft tissue.<ref name="Hak2014" /> Despite being disfavored by the medical community, the term "galloping gangrene" was frequently used in sensationalistic news media to refer to outbreaks of necrotizing fasciitis.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = ((Loudon I.)) | title = Necrotising fasciitis, hospital gangrene, and phagedena | journal = The Lancet | year = 1994 | volume = 344 | issue = 8934 | pages = 1416–1419 | url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673694905746 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)90574-6| pmid = 7968080 | s2cid = 38589136 | url-access = subscription }}</ref>