Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery

Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal soft tissue infection that requires prompt clinical suspicion, pharmacological and surgical interventions. Bacterial pathogens, such as beta-hemolytic streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus, are the main etiology of necrotizing fasciitis, however, rare c...

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Autores principales: Atallah, Natalie J., Scherer, Allison K., Alexander, Natalie J., Dagher, Zeina, Viens, Adam L., Muhammed, Maged, Branda, John A., Mansour, Michael K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7214761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32420013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.04.004
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author Atallah, Natalie J.
Scherer, Allison K.
Alexander, Natalie J.
Dagher, Zeina
Viens, Adam L.
Muhammed, Maged
Branda, John A.
Mansour, Michael K.
author_facet Atallah, Natalie J.
Scherer, Allison K.
Alexander, Natalie J.
Dagher, Zeina
Viens, Adam L.
Muhammed, Maged
Branda, John A.
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description Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal soft tissue infection that requires prompt clinical suspicion, pharmacological and surgical interventions. Bacterial pathogens, such as beta-hemolytic streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus, are the main etiology of necrotizing fasciitis, however, rare cases caused by fungal pathogens, such as Candida albicans, have been reported following trauma. Here, we present the first case of C. albicans necrotizing fasciitis following an elective surgical procedure in an immunocompetent adult.
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spelling pubmed-72147612020-05-15 Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery Atallah, Natalie J. Scherer, Allison K. Alexander, Natalie J. Dagher, Zeina Viens, Adam L. Muhammed, Maged Branda, John A. Mansour, Michael K. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal soft tissue infection that requires prompt clinical suspicion, pharmacological and surgical interventions. Bacterial pathogens, such as beta-hemolytic streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus, are the main etiology of necrotizing fasciitis, however, rare cases caused by fungal pathogens, such as Candida albicans, have been reported following trauma. Here, we present the first case of C. albicans necrotizing fasciitis following an elective surgical procedure in an immunocompetent adult. Elsevier 2020-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7214761/ /pubmed/32420013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.04.004 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Atallah, Natalie J.
Scherer, Allison K.
Alexander, Natalie J.
Dagher, Zeina
Viens, Adam L.
Muhammed, Maged
Branda, John A.
Mansour, Michael K.
Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery
title Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery
title_full Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery
title_fullStr Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery
title_full_unstemmed Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery
title_short Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery
title_sort candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following elective surgery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7214761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32420013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.04.004
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