A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain
Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious disease characterized by the necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues and fascia. E. coli as the etiologic agent of necrotizing fasciitis is a rare occurrence. A 66-year-old woman underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. She rapidly...
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| description | Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious disease characterized by the necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues and fascia. E. coli as the etiologic agent of necrotizing fasciitis is a rare occurrence. A 66-year-old woman underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. She rapidly developed necrotizing fasciitis which led to her death 68 hours following surgery. An E. coli strain was isolated from blood and fascia cultures. DNA microarray revealed the presence of 20 virulence genes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-573d09076787467ebde0ede88dacfe0a2025-02-03T05:44:11ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95321918-14932016-01-01201610.1155/2016/27964122796412A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli StrainSadjia Bekal0André Vincent1Alex Lin2Josée Harel3Jean-Charles Côté4Cécile Tremblay5Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3R5, CanadaCentre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire, Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Lévis, QC, G6V 3Z1, CanadaLaboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3R5, CanadaFaculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, J2S 2M2, CanadaLaboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3R5, CanadaLaboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3R5, CanadaNecrotizing fasciitis is a serious disease characterized by the necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues and fascia. E. coli as the etiologic agent of necrotizing fasciitis is a rare occurrence. A 66-year-old woman underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. She rapidly developed necrotizing fasciitis which led to her death 68 hours following surgery. An E. coli strain was isolated from blood and fascia cultures. DNA microarray revealed the presence of 20 virulence genes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2796412 |
| spellingShingle | Sadjia Bekal André Vincent Alex Lin Josée Harel Jean-Charles Côté Cécile Tremblay A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain |
| title_full | A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain |
| title_fullStr | A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain |
| title_short | A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain |
| title_sort | fatal case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by a highly virulent escherichia coli strain |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2796412 |
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