Background: Necrotizing fasciitis, a severe bacterial infection, poses significant health challenges with varied outcomes across different demographic groups. This study examines the gender and racial disparities in the incidence of complications, length of hospital stay, and healthcare costs associated with necrotizing fasciitis, focusing on key outcomes such as mortality, hemodialysis, hospital length of stay, and [...]

Case Presentation: A 25-year-old Black transgender woman receiving cross-sex hormone therapy (CSHT) with a PMH of multiple hospitalizations for HbSS sickle cell disease (SCD) complicated by acute chest syndrome, chronic left upper extremity DVT, and painful vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) was admitted for acute back and leg pain. She described the pain as constant, sharp, 10/10 [...]