title: Gas-producing Escherichia coli fasciitis leading to air-embolism of the lower vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Klinikum der Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany. matthias.kochanek@uni-koeln.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kochanek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimabukuro-Vornhagen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bangard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skouras
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: von Bergwelt-Baildon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014054:Tomography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*