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Document Details : Title: Necrotizing fasciitis complicates by fatal multiple organ dysfunction due to pasteurella multocida infection: a case report Author(s): STILLAERT FB, DE BAERDEMAEKER L, DE WAELE JJ, CLAEYS G, BLONDEEL PN, MONSTREY S Journal: Acta Clinica Belgica Volume: 65 Issue: 6 Date: 2010 Pages: 412-414 DOI: 10.2143/ACB.65.6.1002448 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. |
