title: Fatal necrotizing fasciitis due to necrotic toxin-producing Escherichia coli strain.
abstract: We report a fatal case of necrotizing soft tissues infection caused by an Escherichia coli strain belonging to phylogenetic group C and harbouring numerous virulence factors reported to be part of a pathogenicity island (PAI) such as PAI IIJ96 and conserved virulence plasmidic region.
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gallois
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hauw-Berlemont
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richaud
authors.affiliation: IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Paris, France ; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France ; AP-HP, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Service de Microbiologie, Centre National de Référence associé Escherichia coli , Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonacorsi
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mainardi
keywords: Escherichia coli; immunocompromised host; necrotizing fasciitis; virulence factors