Death related to Cedecea lapagei in a soft tissue bullae infection: a case report

Death related to Cedecea lapagei in a soft tissue bullae infection: a case report

Abstract Background Cedecea lapagei bacterium was discovered in 1977 but was not known to be pathogenic to humans until 2006. In the medical literature there are very few clinical case reports of Cedecea lapagei; none have reported a catastrophic death secondary to a soft tissue hemorrhagic bullae i...

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Main Authors: Victor Ramzes Chavez Herrera, Maria Fernanda Rosas De Silva, Homero Orendain Alcaraz, Gabriel Ceja Espiritu, Karla Carrazco Peña, Valery Melnikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Hemorrhagic bullae
Cedecea lapagei
Cedecea
Soft tissue infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1866-x

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