Erschienen in:
07.09.2016 | case report
A rare case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio cholerae O8 in an immunocompetent patient
verfasst von:
Karolina Dobrović, MD, PhD, Franjo Rudman, MD, PhD, Donatella Ottaviani, PhD, Sandra Šestan Crnek, MD, Francesca Leoni, PhD, Jasenka Škrlin, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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Ausgabe 19-20/2016
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Summary
We report a case of necrotizing fasciitis of the leg caused by Vibrio cholerae O8 in a 63-year-old immunocompetent man after he had been fishing in a lake on a Croatian island. The strain was cytotoxic, invasive and adhesive and contained a fragment of the gene for El Tor-like hemolysin (El Tor hlyA). After surgical and antibiotic treatment, the patient fully recovered.