Fatal necrotizing fasciitis due to necrotic toxin-producing Escherichia coli strain

C. Gallois; C. Hauw-Berlemont; C. Richaud; S. Bonacorsi; J.-L. Diehl; J.-L. Mainardi

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2015.06.003

New Microbes and New Infections (Nov 2015)

Fatal necrotizing fasciitis due to necrotic toxin-producing Escherichia coli strain

C. Gallois,
C. Hauw-Berlemont,
C. Richaud,
S. Bonacorsi,
J.-L. Diehl,
J.-L. Mainardi

Affiliations

C. Gallois: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Paris, France
C. Hauw-Berlemont: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Paris, France
C. Richaud: Department of Microbiology, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
S. Bonacorsi: IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Paris, France
J.-L. Diehl: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Paris, France
J.-L. Mainardi: Department of Microbiology, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.06.003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. C
pp. 109 – 112

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We report a fatal case of necrotizing soft tissues infection caused by an Escherichia coli strain belonging to phylogenetic group C and harbouring numerous virulence factors reported to be part of a pathogenicity island (PAI) such as PAI IIJ96 and conserved virulence plasmidic region.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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