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A rare case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio cholerae 08 in an immunocompetent host

We report a case of necrotizing fasciitis of the leg caused by Vibrio cholerae O8 in a 63-year-old immunocompetent man after he had been fishing in a lake on a Croatian island. The strain was cytotoxic, invasive and adhesive and contained a fragment of the gene for El Tor-like hemolysin (El Tor hlyA). After surgical and antibiotic treatment, the patient fully recovered.

necrotizing fascitiis ; vibrio cholerae 08 ; wound infection ; immunocompetent host

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