Autopsy cases of fulminant-type bacterial infection with necrotizing fasciitis: Group A (beta) hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes versus Vibrio vulnificus infection

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-202

  Tajiri, Takuma ^a   Tate, Genshu ^a   Akita, Hidetaka ^b   Ohike, Nobuyuki ^c   Masunaga, Atsuko ^a   Kunimura, Toshiaki ^c   Mitsuya, Toshiyuki ^a   Morohoshi, Toshio ^c  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Circulatory collapse; Culture; Fulminant type infection; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 38849206833     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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