Necrotizing Myositis in a Neutropenic Patient: The Use of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Atypical Presentations

We report a case of fatal necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) due to Clostridium perfringens (CP) in a neutropenic patient with diabetes mellitus. As in many cases, by the time a diagnosis was made, the condition had rapidly progressed to its late stages, resulting in a fatal outcome. The emerg...

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Autores principales: Torrejón, Maria Del Carmen, Celi, Edgardo, Cancho, David, Knox, Ailie, Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25013733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/685263

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25013733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/685263

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