Necrotizing fasciitis due to Pasteurella multocida infection.
Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal clinical disease caused by infection with various bacteria in addition to streptococci, which are common causative agents. We report on a rare case of this disease in association with Pasteurella multocida infection. A 58-year-old man had systemic features of shock after a 15-hour history of a painful swelling on the right lower leg. The swelling led to skin blistering and necrosis from which P. multocida was isolated. Those lesions progressed rapidly. The patient also had a history of chronic liver injury as described in previous reports.
Hamamoto
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Department of Dermatology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
Soejima
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Y
Ogasawara
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M
Okimura
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H
Nagai
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K
Asagami
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C
D001768:Blister / Q000382:microbiology; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006526:Hepatitis C; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology