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

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

Lindsey Matthews  1 , Jennifer S Goodrich  2 , David J Weber  3 , Nicholas H Bergman  2 , Melissa B Miller  4
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The Brief Case: A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Lindsey Matthews et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Acinetobacter; fasciitis; multidrug resistance; necrotizing.

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FIG 1
Images from the patient’s autopsy. Top, severe green/gray discoloration indicating necrosis of left thigh soft tissue after amputation above the knee. Bottom, large bullae with severe skin discoloration of abdomen with left forearm skin for comparison.
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FIG 2
Phylogenetic analysis of the patient’s A. baumannii isolate (circled).
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