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- Impact Factor: 1.995**
- H-Index: 8
- ISSN: 2474-1647
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
Major Scope
- Ophthalmic Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Endocrine Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
- Neurological Surgery
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Abstract
Citation: Clin Surg. 2020;5(1):2943.Case Report | Open Access
First Clinical Case of Extensive Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Abdominal Wall and Groin Area with Fatal Outcome Caused by Eggerthia catenaformis
ukas Wellkamp1 , Boris Pfannkuchen2 , Dustin Schilawa3 , Pascal Kirchhoff1 , Mutaz Al Shakhanbeh1 , Sebastian Bushart1 , Niklas Dellmann1 , Martin Bauer2 and Andrej Ring4*
1 Department of Plastic Surgery, St. Rochus-Hospital, Germany 2 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Rochus-Hospital, Germany 3 Department of General Surgery, St. Rochus-Hospital, Germany 4Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum, Germany
*Correspondance to: Andrej Ring
PDF Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2943
Abstract
The incidence of infections caused by the anaerobic bacterium Eggerthia catenaformis and its role as a human pathogen are mostly unknown. We present a case of extensive necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall and groin area with reporting of clinical, surgical and intensive-care treatments.
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Wellkamp L, Pfannkuchen B, Schilawa D, Kirchhoff P, Al Shakhanbeh M, Bushart S, et al. First Clinical Case of Extensive Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Abdominal Wall and Groin Area with Fatal Outcome Caused by Eggerthia catenaformis. Clin Surg. 2020; 5: 2943..
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