Fatal Necrotising Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Escherichia coli in
Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis
- MIO KURIMOTO
, - Mahoko Ikeda,
- Ichiro Hirayama,
- Yatsuya Kobayashi,
- Mio Shikama,
- Hitomi Nakamura,
- Yuji Wakimoto,
- Oshiro Yohei,
- Miyuki Yamamoto,
- Naoki Hayase,
- Takahiro Hiruma,
- Shu Okugawa,
- Kent Doi,
- Naoto Morimura,
- Kyoji Moriya
Abstract
NSTI caused by E. coli monomicrobial infection is an extremely severe
condition with high mortality. This report presented a case of
monomicrobial NSTI caused by E. coli with septic shock in a patient with
alcoholic liver cirrhosis and mentioned both pathogen virulence factors
and host susceptibility factors.
