Necrotizing fasciitis complicated by fatal multiple organ dysfunction due to Pasteurella multocida infection: a case report |
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Authors: | Stillaert F B De Baerdemaeker L De Waele J J Claeys G Blondeel P N Monstrey S |
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Affiliation: | Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. filip.stillaert@ugent.be |
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Abstract: | Necrotizing fasciitis is rarely caused by Pasteurella multocida, a facultative anaerobic gram-negative coccobacillus found in the flora of the oro-gastrointestinal tract of many animals. We describe a rare case with overwhelming septicaemia resulting in multiple organ failure. |
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