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Necrotizing fasciitis due to Vibrio alginolyticus in an immunocompetent patient
Juan M Gomez1, Roosevelt Fajardo, Jose F Patiño
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota Medical Center, Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia. Juanmanuel.gomez@ama.com.co
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|July 5, 2003
Abstract:
We describe a patient with a history of asthma and remote use of steroids the development of necrotizing fascitis due to Vibrio alginolyticus after an injury from a coral reef during bathing in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia. The patient recovered with aggressive surgical debridement and antibiotics.