The Brief Case: A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jun 25;57(7):e01751-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01751-18. Print 2019 Jul.

Authors

Lindsey Matthews¹, Jennifer S Goodrich², David J Weber³, Nicholas H Bergman², Melissa B Miller⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
² National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
³ Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Melissa.Miller@unchealth.unc.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Acinetobacter; fasciitis; multidrug resistance; necrotizing.

Publication types

Case Reports
Editorial

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy
Acinetobacter Infections / immunology
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
Acinetobacter Infections / pathology
Acinetobacter baumannii / classification
Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics
Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* / drug effects
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / drug therapy
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / immunology
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Genome, Bacterial / genetics
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Phylogeny

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents