Extensive monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis of left hemi trunk in a healthy 41-year-old man with COVID-19 infection

Maryam Sarkardeh; Ali Ahmadabadi; Zahra Sadrzadeh; Javad Koushki; Amir Esmaeili; Sima Davoodi; Mostafa Izanlu

doi:10.18502/ijm.v14i5.10973

Extensive monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis of left hemi trunk in a healthy 41-year-old man with COVID-19 infection

Iran J Microbiol. 2022 Oct;14(5):765-769. doi: 10.18502/ijm.v14i5.10973.

Authors

Maryam Sarkardeh^{1

2}, Ali Ahmadabadi^{1

2}, Zahra Sadrzadeh², Javad Koushki², Amir Esmaeili², Sima Davoodi³, Mostafa Izanlu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Oncology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
² Department of Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
³ Department of Dermatology, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

Necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis caused by Escherichia coli is an extremely uncommon infection with a high mortality. We present a case of 41-year-old man with no history of underlying disease one week after covid-19 infection, who was admitted with symptoms of Fournier's gangrene and then E. coli-induced monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis.

Keywords: COVID-19; Escherichia coli; Necrotizing fasciitis; Vacuum-assisted closure.

Publication types

Case Reports