Aeromonas hydrophila: Myofascial necrosis and sepsis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1992 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Intensive Care Medicine, volume 18, pages 172-174 (issn: 0342-4642, eissn: 1432-1238,

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Authors: R B, Vukmir;

doi: 10.1007/bf01709242

pmid: 1644966

Aeromonas hydrophila: Myofascial necrosis and sepsis

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Abstract

An alcoholic patient with ascites was admitted to the intensive care unit for gastrointestinal bleeding. He subsequently developed spontaneous myonecrosis of the extremities culminating in sepsis syndrome. This was a unique, non-traumatic presentation of Aeromonas hydrophila soft tissue injury.

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Presbyterian Healthcare Services
United States
Presbyterian Hospital
United States

Keywords

Adult, Male, Bacteremia, Aeromonas hydrophila, Radiography, Alcoholism, Necrosis, Muscular Diseases, Humans, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections

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