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Necrotizing fasciitis from Vibrio vulnificus in a patient with undiagnosed hepatitis and cirrhosis.


ABSTRACT: Necrotizing fasciitis due to Vibrio vulnificus may result in overwhelming sepsis, leading to death in some patients. Significant risk factors for severe disease include preexisting liver disease. We report a case of Vibrio vulnificus necrotizing fasciitis in a patient with previously undiagnosed chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis.

SUBMITTER: Muldrew KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1829097 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Necrotizing fasciitis from Vibrio vulnificus in a patient with undiagnosed hepatitis and cirrhosis.

Muldrew Kenneth L KL   Miller Russell R RR   Kressin Megan M   Tang Yi-Wei YW   Stratton Charles C  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20070124 3


Necrotizing fasciitis due to Vibrio vulnificus may result in overwhelming sepsis, leading to death in some patients. Significant risk factors for severe disease include preexisting liver disease. We report a case of Vibrio vulnificus necrotizing fasciitis in a patient with previously undiagnosed chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. ...[more]

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