Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening soft tissue infection that results in rapid local tissue destruction. Type 1 necrotizing fasciitis is characterized by polymicrobial, synergistic infections that are caused by non-Group A streptococci, aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Type 2 necrotizing f...
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| author | Tony Hung Soroush Zaghi Jonathan Yousefzadeh Matthew Leibowitz |
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| description | Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening soft tissue infection that results in rapid local tissue destruction. Type 1 necrotizing fasciitis is characterized by polymicrobial, synergistic infections that are caused by non-Group A streptococci, aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Type 2 necrotizing fasciitis involves Group A Streptococcus (GAS) with or without a coexisting staphylococcal infection. Here we provide the first report of necrotizing fasciitis jointly associated with the microbes Group B Streptococcus and Staphylococcus lugdunensis. S. lugdunensis is a commensal human skin bacterium known to cause often painful and prolonged skin and soft tissue infections. To our knowledge, however, this is the first case of Staph. lugdunensis-associated necrotizing fasciitis to be reported in the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-348713b8817c449ea3a4a0d1434448782025-02-03T06:44:20ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332012-01-01201210.1155/2012/453685453685Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Staphylococcus lugdunensisTony Hung0Soroush Zaghi1Jonathan Yousefzadeh2Matthew Leibowitz3Department of General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USADepartment of General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USADepartment of General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USANecrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening soft tissue infection that results in rapid local tissue destruction. Type 1 necrotizing fasciitis is characterized by polymicrobial, synergistic infections that are caused by non-Group A streptococci, aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Type 2 necrotizing fasciitis involves Group A Streptococcus (GAS) with or without a coexisting staphylococcal infection. Here we provide the first report of necrotizing fasciitis jointly associated with the microbes Group B Streptococcus and Staphylococcus lugdunensis. S. lugdunensis is a commensal human skin bacterium known to cause often painful and prolonged skin and soft tissue infections. To our knowledge, however, this is the first case of Staph. lugdunensis-associated necrotizing fasciitis to be reported in the literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/453685 |
| spellingShingle | Tony Hung Soroush Zaghi Jonathan Yousefzadeh Matthew Leibowitz Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Staphylococcus lugdunensis Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Staphylococcus lugdunensis |
| title_full | Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Staphylococcus lugdunensis |
| title_fullStr | Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Staphylococcus lugdunensis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Staphylococcus lugdunensis |
| title_short | Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated with Staphylococcus lugdunensis |
| title_sort | necrotizing fasciitis associated with staphylococcus lugdunensis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/453685 |
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