Necrotizing fasciitis complicated by fatal multiple organ dysfunction due to Pasteurella multocida infection: a case report.
Necrotizing fasciitis is rarely caused by Pasteurella multocida, a facultative anaerobic gram-negative coccobacillus found in the flora of the oro-gastrointestinal tract of many animals. We describe a rare case with overwhelming septicaemia resulting in multiple organ failure.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. filip.stillaert@ugent.be
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Stillaert
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De Baerdemaeker
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De Waele
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Claeys
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Blondeel
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Monstrey
D000368:Aged; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016979:Pasteurella multocida