Fatal necrotizing fasciitis due to vibrio damsela

Kwok Yung Yuen; Lily Ma; Samson S.Y. Wong; Wing Fung Ng

doi:10.3109/00365549309008557

Fatal necrotizing fasciitis due to vibrio damsela

Kwok Yung Yuen, Lily Ma, Samson S.Y. Wong, Wing Fung Ng

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Abstract

A patient who succumbed to fulminant necrotizing fasciitis due to Vibrio damsela after injury by a rabbitfish is described. Despite the absence of any known underlying illness, he did not respond to appropriate antibiotic therapy and radical surgical intervention. This represents the first documented case of necrotizing fasciitis due to this organism, and is also the first reported case in Southeast Asia inflicted by rabbitfish.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	659-661
Number of pages	3
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/00365549309008557
Publication status	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes

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General Immunology and Microbiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Fatal necrotizing fasciitis due to vibrio damsela

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