Extensive monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis of left hemi trunk in a healthy 41-year-old man with COVID-19 infection

Necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis caused by Escherichia coli is an extremely uncommon infection with a high mortality. We present a case of 41-year-old man with no history of underlying disease one week after covid-19 infection, who was admitted with symptoms of Fournier’s gangrene and then E. c...

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Autores principales: Sarkardeh, Maryam, Ahmadabadi, Ali, Sadrzadeh, Zahra, Koushki, Javad, Esmaeili, Amir, Davoodi, Sima, Izanlu, Mostafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36531816
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijm.v14i5.10973
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Sumario:Necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis caused by Escherichia coli is an extremely uncommon infection with a high mortality. We present a case of 41-year-old man with no history of underlying disease one week after covid-19 infection, who was admitted with symptoms of Fournier’s gangrene and then E. coli-induced monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis.

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