A Fatal Septic Shock Due to Aeromonas Hydrophila in a Cirrhotic Patient; a Case Report
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024),
1 January 2024
,
Page e37
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v12i1.2270
Abstract
Aeromonas hydrophila has been identified as a causative agent of necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis, with most reported cases having a connection to aquatic-related trauma. Cases without such trauma history are rare in existing literature. Here, we present the case of a 56-year-old cirrhotic patient who lacked any prior aquatic-related trauma and arrived at the emergency department in a state of septic shock. The suspected route of entry was through necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis in his left forearm. Unfortunately, the patient succumbed to multi-organ failure and passed away within 12 hours of admission to the emergency department.
- Aeromonas hydrophila
- Fasciitis
- necrotizing
- Necrosis
- Liver cirrhosis
- Shock, septic
- Case reports
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