Necrotising fasciitis and myositis that originated from gastrointestinal bacterial infection: two fatal cases.
We present two cases of aggressive myofasciitis after gastrointestinal infections. The first patient developed necrosis of the legs over 5 days and he died on the 20th day. Vibrio vulnificus was cultured. The second patient developed bullae on his thigh and he died the next day. Streptococcus pyogenes was cultured.
Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fukuoka Tokushukai Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan. m-fujioka@mwc.biglobe.ne.jp
Masaki
M
Fujioka
Gozo
G
Nishimura
Osamu
O
Miyazato
Tsuneyuki
T
Yamamoto
Fumihiro
F
Okamoto
Kawashima
K
Tsunenori
D000368:Aged; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014735:Vibrio Infections; D041261:Vibrio vulnificus