submitted on 2023-03-15, 08:02 and posted on 2023-03-16, 06:21authored byNissar Shaikh, Umm‐e‐ Amara, Mogahed I. Hussein, Sahar Mahadik, Abdalaziz I. Elhussain, Muna Al Maslamani, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare complication of varicella-zoster viral infection in adults, occurring due to a secondary bacterial infection. A 35-year-old female healthy patient had post-varicella zoster infection with NSAID use as a possible risk factor. She was diagnosed early by clinical and laboratory parameters.