Unusual case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio cholerae O137

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 757-759

  Ottaviani, Donatella ^a   Leoni, Francesca ^a   Rocchegiani, Elena ^a   Canonico, Cristina ^a   Masini, Laura ^a   Pianetti, Anna ^b   Parlani, Chiara ^b   Luzzi, Ida ^c   Caola, Iole ^d   Paternoster, Claudio ^d   Carraturo, Antonio ^e  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Trento   (Italy)

^e SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; OXOLINIC ACID; SEA WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOTOMY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INJURY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79951498703     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02257-10     Document Type: Article

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