Community-acquired necrotizing fasciitis caused by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus: A case report and literature review

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 330-335

  Nonaka, Yuko ^a   Nagae, Masaaki ^a   Omae, Takahito ^a   Yamamoto, Shuhei ^a   Horitani, Ryosuke ^a   Maeda, Daigen ^a   Yoshinaga, Takayuki ^a  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter infections; Community acquired infections; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LIMB PAIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84903595915     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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