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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3427-3429, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3427-3429.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to Vibrio alginolyticus in an Immunocompetent Patient

Juan M. Gomez,1* Roosevelt Fajardo,2 Jose F. Patiño,2 and Cesar A. Arias2,3

Division of Infectious Diseases,1 Department of Surgery, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota Medical Center,2 Bacterial Molecular Genetics Unit, Centro de Investigaciones, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia3

Received 19 July 2002/ Returned for modification 31 October 2002/ Accepted 10 January 2003

We describe a patient with a history of asthma and remote use of steroids the development of necrotizing fascitis due to Vibrio alginolyticus after an injury from a coral reef during bathing in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia. The patient recovered with aggressive surgical debridement and antibiotics.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centro Médico de los Andes, Avda. 9, No. 117-20, Suite 601, Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia. Phone: (571) 215-2581. Fax: (571) 637-5372. E-mail: Juanmanuel.gomez{at}ama.com.co.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3427-3429, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3427-3429.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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