Cervical necrotizing fasciitis: a novel clinical presentation of Burkholderia cepacia infection.
Necrotizing fasciitis is a soft-tissue infection characterized by progressive destruction of fascia and adipose tissue which may not involve the skin. Cervical necrotizing fascitis (CNF) is an uncommon clinical entity. The development of CNF is frequently related to synergistic infections of aerobic and anaerobic organisms of the upper aerodigestive tract. We describe the first case of CNF due to multi-drug resistant Burkholderia cepacia and Peptostreptococcus infection in an immuno-competent patient without cystic fibrosis.
Marioni
Gino
G
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Padova University, Via Giustiniani 2, Padova, Italy. gino.marioni@unipd.it
Rinaldi
Roberto
R
Ottaviano
Giancarlo
G
Marchese-Ragona
Rosario
R
Savastano
Marina
M
Staffieri
Alberto
A
D000328:Adult; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D009333:Neck; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification