[A rare case of necrotizing fasciitis and subsequent sepsis with multiorgan failure caused by Vibrio vulnificus]

Rozhl Chir. 2000 Jun;79(6):252-3.

[Article in Czech]

Authors

P Hanek¹, J Tvrdon, P Pafko, J Vecer, H Kubátová, P Prikryl, V Jirků, J Lochman

Affiliation

¹ III. chirurgická klinika FNM Praha.

PMID: 10967678

Abstract

The authors report a rare case of necrotizing fasciitis, sepsis caused by a strain of Vibrio vulnificus rare in Czech Republic.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Fasciitis, Necrotizing / complications*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Organ Failure / etiology*
Sepsis / complications*
Sepsis / microbiology
Vibrio Infections / complications*
Vibrio Infections / diagnosis