title: Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Lower Extremity Caused by Serratia marcescens A Case Report.
abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and potentially fatal infection, with mortality of up to 30%. This case report describes a patient recovering from a laryngectomy for laryngeal squamous cell cancer who developed nosocomial necrotizing fasciitis of the lower extremity due to Serratia marcescens . Only eight cases of necrotizing fasciitis exclusive to the lower extremity due to S marcescens have been previously reported. Patients with S marcescens necrotizing fasciitis of the lower extremity often have multiple comorbidities, are frequently immunosuppressed, and have a strikingly high mortality rate.
authors.forename: Evelyn G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Heigh
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maletta-Bailey
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haight
authors.forename: Gregg S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Landis
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000302:isolation & purification*