title: Aeromonas hydrophila: myofascial necrosis and sepsis.
abstract: An alcoholic patient with ascites was admitted to the intensive care unit for gastrointestinal bleeding. He subsequently developed spontaneous myonecrosis of the extremities culminating in sepsis syndrome. This was a unique, non-traumatic presentation of Aeromonas hydrophila soft tissue injury.
authors.affiliation: Presbyterian University Hospital, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Vukmir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011859:Radiography