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- Title
Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infection of the Trunk Resulting From Wound Caused by a Centipede: A Case Report.
- Authors
Yasutaka Tanaka; Takashi Mato; Shoma Fujiya; Tomotaka Takanosu; Yuri Furuhashi; Nobutaka Watanabe; Takafumi Shinjo; Tomohiro Matsumura; Yoshimitu Izawa; Chikara Yonekawa; Hirotomo Kato
- Abstract
Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Centipede envenomation is usually mild, but a review of the existing literature revealed a more serious course in a small proportion of patients. In fact, necrotizing soft-tissue infections have been reported following centipede stings in a small number of cases and require early diagnosis and treatment because of a high mortality rate. Case Report: A 78-year-old man was stung by a centipede on the left abdomen. Treatment with antimicrobial agents was started due to cellulitis, but extensive erythema developed from the left chest to the left buttock. Six days after being stung, he visited our hospital. Necrotizing soft-tissue infection was diagnosed and treated immediately with antibiotics and debridement on the left side of the abdomen and chest. Group A Streptococcus was detected in the fascia. The wound was left partially open and washed daily, resulting in gradual improvement of the wound condition. On hospitalization day 8, the open wound was able to be closed. Antimicrobial therapy was completed on hospitalization day 16. The patient showed good progress. Conclusions: Centipede stings are not rare in tropical and subtropical regions, and most occurrences of centipede envenomation cause only local symptoms. However, we believe that even wounds caused by centipedes should be monitored, given the possibility of subsequent severe infection, as in the present case. In addition, the causative organisms identified in the present patient with necrotizing soft-tissue infection following a centipede sting were commensal bacteria of the skin. Future research is thus needed to clarify the relationship between these causative organisms and centipedes.
- Subjects
NECROTIZING fasciitis; CENTIPEDES; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
American Journal of Case Reports, 2022, Vol 23, p1
- ISSN
1941-5923
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.12659/AJCR.937869