NECROTISING FASCIITIS AND MYOSITIS THAT ORIGINATED FROM GASTROINTESTINAL BACTERIAL INFECTION: TWO FATAL CASES

We present two cases of aggressive myofasciitis after gastrointestinal infections. The first patient developed necrosis of the legs over 5 days and he died on the 20th day. Vibrio vulnificus was cultured. The second patient developed bullae on his thigh and he died the next day. Streptococcus pyogen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery 2003, Vol.37 (4), p.239-242
Hauptverfasser:	Fujioka, Masaki, Nishimura, Gozo, Miyazato, Osamu, Yamamoto, Tsuneyuki, Okamoto, Fumihiro, Tsunenori, Kawashima
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Bacterial diseases of the skin Biological and medical sciences Fasciitis, Necrotizing - etiology Fasciitis, Necrotizing - therapy Fatal Outcome Female Gastritis - complications Gastritis - diagnostic imaging Group A Streptococcus Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Life-threatening Infection Liver Cirrhosis - complications Male Medical sciences Myositis - etiology Necrotising Fasciitis Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus pyogenes Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vibrio Infections Vibrio Vulnificus
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Zusammenfassung:	We present two cases of aggressive myofasciitis after gastrointestinal infections. The first patient developed necrosis of the legs over 5 days and he died on the 20th day. Vibrio vulnificus was cultured. The second patient developed bullae on his thigh and he died the next day. Streptococcus pyogenes was cultured.
ISSN:	0284-4311 1651-2073
DOI:	10.1080/02844310310000653