title: In vivo ultrastructural study of microbes in necrotizing fascitis.
abstract: Direct ultrastructural examination of tissue from three patients with necrotizing fascitis showed a large number of bacterial morphotypes that differed in cell size, cell shape, cell wall architecture, and cell wall structure. These bacteria occurred in small microcolonies in contrast to the larger monospecies microcolonies that form in chronic polymicrobial infection.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis