title: Necrotizing fasciitis with ruminococcus.
abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis is a life- and limb-threatening soft tissue infection. Due to its underlying predisposition and rapid progression, treatment should be started quickly using antibiotherapy and surgical intervention. Although necrotizing fasciitis is mainly caused by streptococci and staphylococci, it may also be polymicrobial. Other peptostreptococci have been reported as necrotizing fasciitis agents in the literature, though we encountered no cases of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Ruminococcus productus. Here, we describe a case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by R. productus, a Gram-positive, obligatory anaerobe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Livaoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gürdal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey.
authors.forename: Servet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerimoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kemalettin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey.
authors.forename: Naci
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karacal
mesh_terms: D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D045857:Ruminococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*