Necrotizing fasciitis in a female diabetic patient: a case report.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, often fatal, soft tissue infection involving any of the layers of soft tissue. Although rare, cases continue to be reported among patients with impariments of the immune system, such as in diabetics. We present the case of a 53-year-old obese, female, diabetic patient who presented to the Emergency Department at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg with necrotizing fasciitis and was subsequently surgically treated.