Abstract
An alcoholic patient with ascites was admitted to the intensive care unit for gastrointestinal bleeding. He subsequently developed spontaneous myonecrosis of the extremities culminating in sepsis syndrome. This was a unique, non-traumatic presentation of Aeromonas hydrophila soft tissue injury.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aeromonas hydrophila*
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Alcoholism / complications
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Bacteremia / blood
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Bacteremia / etiology*
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / complications
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / complications
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging*
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
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Humans
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Male
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Muscular Diseases / complications
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Muscular Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Muscular Diseases / pathology
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Necrosis
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Radiography