Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type E in a 17-year-old girl with systemic lupus erythematosus

J Clin Rheumatol. 2010 Jan;16(1):49-50. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181c7e095.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / diagnosis
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Haemophilus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Haemophilus influenzae / classification
  • Haemophilus influenzae / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology*