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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 246-248; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47453-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Necrotizing fasciitis with ruminococcus

Murat Livaoglu1, Gürdal Yilmaz2, Servet Kerimoglu3, Kemalettin Aydin2 and Naci Karacal1

1 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey

2 Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey

3 Department of Orthopedics, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey

Correspondence
Murat Livaoglu
mliva{at}iname.com

Received 15 June 2007
Accepted 24 October 2007

Necrotizing fasciitis is a life- and limb-threatening soft tissue infection. Due to its underlying predisposition and rapid progression, treatment should be started quickly using antibiotherapy and surgical intervention. Although necrotizing fasciitis is mainly caused by streptococci and staphylococci, it may also be polymicrobial. Other peptostreptococci have been reported as necrotizing fasciitis agents in the literature, though we encountered no cases of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Ruminococcus productus. Here, we describe a case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by R. productus, a Gram-positive, obligatory anaerobe.






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