Journal Basic Info
- Impact Factor: 1.995**
- H-Index: 8
- ISSN: 2474-1647
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
Major Scope
- Pediatric Surgery
- Endocrine Surgery
- Neurological Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Emergency Surgery
- Breast Surgery
- Urology
- Transplant Surgery
Abstract
Citation: Clin Surg. 2018;3(1):2011.Case Report | Open Access
Tracking Down the Cause of Necrotizing Fasciitis in a Patient with Negative Cultures
Bas P Vierhout, Evert van Zanten, Guido Wisselink, Mirjam AMD Kooistra-Smid and Alewijn Ott
Department of Surgery, Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, Assen, Netherlands
Department of Medical Microbiology, Certe, Groningen, Netherlands
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
*Correspondance to: Alewijn Ott
PDF Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2011
Abstract
In a patient suspected of lower abdominal necrotizing fasciitis cultures remained negative, possibly because broad spectrum antibiotics had already been given before tissue for culture was obtained. 16S-23S rDNANext Generation Sequencing showed that 99.7% of bacterial DNA was of Streptococcus pyogenes. 16S-23S rDNA can replace culture for identification of bacteria, also in polymicrobial infection.
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Vierhout BP, van Zanten E, Wisselink G, Kooistra-Smid MAMD, Ott A. Tracking Down the Cause of Necrotizing Fasciitis in a Patient with Negative Cultures. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2011.
