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Fatal Necrotising Soft Tissue Infection Following Human Bite; a Case Report and Review of Literature

Bashir Mohammad Ibrahim, Sani Ali Aji

Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · pp. 3828–3833 · Published 5 May 2014

10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9813

Abstract

Human bite injuries are one of the commonest bite injuries seen in the emergency room in a developing country. This bite injury can occasionally lead to devastating complications but yet, one of the most neglected injuries by both the victims and inexperienced attending Clinician. We present a case of fatal and extensive necrotising fasciitis by Eschcerecia coli following human bite by a schizophrenic patient.

Human bite hand necrotising fasciitis Escherichia coli.

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