Hiroki Ueda, Akira Tomioka, Masaaki Higashiyama, Yuya Kimoto, Takuma Oguro, Soya Okazaki, Kana Ayaki, Yuta Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Tahara, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Suguru Ito, Rina Tanemoto, Takeshi Takajo, Kazuyuki Narimatsu, Shunsuke Komoto, Kengo Tomita, Susumu Matsukuma, Ryota Hokari
We herein present a unique and extremely rare fulminant case of Edwardsiella tarda infection-related necrotizing fasciitis. The patient had alcoholic cirrhosis and preferred to consume raw fish. He experienced painful swelling of the right forearm one day after he got a minor injury when falling from the ladder, and visited our hospital. His accompanied symptoms were diarrhea and general fatigue. His consciousness got deteriorated after the admission. The lesion of the right forearm had spread and the color had deteriorated with epidermolysis in a few hours...
October 21, 2023: Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy: Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy