Aeromonas hydrophila: myofascial necrosis and sepsis.
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.
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Presbyterian University Hospital, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
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