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Necrotizing Fasciitis by Two Anaerobic Bacteria in an Immunocompetent Patient after Minor Trauma: A Case Report.

Marco SciarraAndrea SchimmentiTommaso ManciulliCristina SardaMarco MussaLaura SaccoBianca MarianiAngela Maria Di MatteoPaolo Orsolini
Published in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2018)
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a soft tissue infection affecting subcutaneous tissue and the muscular fascia without involvement of the muscle and can be either monomicrobial or polymicrobial. Monomicrobial infections are usually caused by group A streptococci, while infections caused by anaerobic germs usually affect immunodepressed patients. We report a rare case of NF caused by two anaerobic bacteria in an immunocompetent patient.
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