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Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening skin infection.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/diseases-public/necrotizing-fasciitis.html
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|title=Necrotizing Fasciitis: All You Need to Know
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|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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}}</ref> Bliss et al. (1997) reported two cases of necrotizing fasciitis after non-therapeutic infant circumcision with the Plastibell device. Extensive aggressive debridement of infected necrotic tissue was required.<ref name="bliss1997">{{REFjournal
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|last2=Healey
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|title=Necrotizing fasciitis after Plastibell circumcision
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|journal= J Pediatr
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|date=1997-09
|volume=131
|issue=3
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/bliss/
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|DOI=10.1016/s0022-3476(97)80078-9
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