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: The patient is a 54-year-old male with alcohol use disorder, HIV on antiretroviral therapy, and no history of diabetes, who presented with a 2-day history of painful swelling of the left upper and lower eyelids. After the first 48 hours, the patient developed purulent eye discharge and could no longer open his left [...]