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Skin and soft tissue fungal infections with Apophysomyces elegans, Fusarium solani, Cladophialophora bantiana have been reported in survivors from 2004 Indian ocean Tsunami. We report the first case of primary cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii VGII in a Tsunami survivor from Thailand.
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Compartment syndrome caused by necrotising fasciitis has rarely been described. We report a case of systemic Vibrio vulnificus necrotising fasciitis presented with compartmental syndrome of the forearm and septic shock. The patient was treated with systemic antibiotic treatment and urgent surgical decompression followed by multiple necrotic tissue debridements. The patient recovered with some limited motion of the hand function. Prompt recognition and immediate treatment with antibiotics and surgical intervention are essential.
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Compartment Syndromes/microbiology , Fasciitis, Necrotizing/microbiology , Shock, Septic/microbiology , Vibrio Infections/diagnosis , Vibrio Infections/therapy , Vibrio vulnificus , Aged , Compartment Syndromes/diagnosis , Compartment Syndromes/therapy , Fasciitis, Necrotizing/diagnosis , Fasciitis, Necrotizing/therapy , Forearm , Humans , Male , Shock, Septic/diagnosis , Shock, Septic/therapyABSTRACT
Chryseobacterium meningosepticum is a lactose-nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli ubiquitously found in the natural and hospital environment. Clinical infection caused by C. meningosepticum is very rare among healthy adults. We present the case of a patient with end-stage renal disease who developed purulent pericarditis with C. meningosepticum infection, which rapidly evolved into cardiac tamponade and death. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which C. meningosepticum caused fatal purulent pericarditis in a hemodialysis patient.
