*Fournier's gangrene* is a type of necrotizing infection or gangrene usually affecting the perineum .
It was first described by Baurienne in1764 and is named after a French venereologist , Jean-Alfred Fournier following five cases he presented in clinical lectures in 1883. In the majority of cases Fournier's gangrene is a mixed infection causedby both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
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