Fulminant fatal necrotising fasciitis in an extremely preterm infant

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2021 Nov;106(6):668. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320339. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

Authors

Risa Birbal¹, Cristina Martin Jimenez², Paul Clarke^{2

3}, Priyadarsini Muthukumar²

Affiliations

¹ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK risabirbal@gmail.com.
² Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK.
³ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

PMID: 33106274
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320339

No abstract available

Keywords: mortality; neonatology; twins.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
Aspergillosis / pathology
Aspergillus flavus / isolation & purification
Coinfection / diagnosis*
Coinfection / microbiology
Coinfection / pathology
Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / diagnosis*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
Humans
Infant, Extremely Premature
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnosis*
Infant, Premature, Diseases / microbiology
Infant, Premature, Diseases / pathology
Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis*
Klebsiella Infections / pathology
Klebsiella oxytoca / isolation & purification
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
Staphylococcus epidermidis / isolation & purification
Staphylococcus haemolyticus / isolation & purification