Fournier's gangrene in patients with type 2 diabetes using second‐line antidiabetic medications

Cases of a rare but serious infection called Fournier's gangrene have been reported with sodium‐glucose co‐transporter‐2 inhibitors (SGLT‐2i). To evaluate the safety signal in a population of patients with type 2 diabetes, we used administrative claims data from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey from 2014 through 2017 to estimate incidence rates of Fournier's gangrene or necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum among patients treated...