Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Kocuria rosea in an immunocompromised patient

This case report describes an immunocompromised patient with a skin boil that progressed to necrotizing fasciitis. The aim of this brief report is to raise awareness regarding necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by an unusual organism, Kocuria rosea, a typically non-pathogenic organism, and ou...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Manjari G, Cardinal, Paul R, Henry, Sharon M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443312
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description This case report describes an immunocompromised patient with a skin boil that progressed to necrotizing fasciitis. The aim of this brief report is to raise awareness regarding necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by an unusual organism, Kocuria rosea, a typically non-pathogenic organism, and outline the course of treatment currently considered to be the standard of care.
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spelling pubmed-62322782018-11-15 Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Kocuria rosea in an immunocompromised patient Joshi, Manjari G Cardinal, Paul R Henry, Sharon M J Surg Case Rep Case Report This case report describes an immunocompromised patient with a skin boil that progressed to necrotizing fasciitis. The aim of this brief report is to raise awareness regarding necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by an unusual organism, Kocuria rosea, a typically non-pathogenic organism, and outline the course of treatment currently considered to be the standard of care. Oxford University Press 2018-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6232278/ /pubmed/30443312 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy294 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232278/
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