A case of necrotising fasciitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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  • A S Lota
  • F Altaf
  • R Shetty
  • S Courtney
  • P McKenna
  • S Iyer
چکیده

Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but severe infection of soft-tissue associated with rapid progression, systemic toxicity and high mortality. Monomicrobial necrotising fasciitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is exceptionally uncommon with only 12 cases reported in the literature. We describe a fatal case with an atypical presentation in a patient following spinal decompression for a metastasis from prostate cancer.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume

دوره 92 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010