Fatal Aeromonas Hydrophila Infection of the Skin

Overview

Journal South Med J

Specialties General Medicine
General Surgery

Date 1978 Jun 1

PMID 663710

Citations 12

Authors

D D Fulghum

W R Linton

D Taplin

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Abstract

A 62-year-old woman developed a fatal Aeromonas hydrophila infection of the skin after dropping a crab trap on her leg. The area surrounding the punctures was erythematous and had several flaccid bullae. A biopsy specimen of the involved skin showed necrosis and suppuration in the dermis and subcutaneous fat. The A hydrophila sepsis resolved after treatment with gentamicin, but the patient developed secondary wound infections and died three months after injury.

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