{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(6)"],"submitter":["Tsuge I"],"pubmed_abstract":["<i>Edwardsiella tarda</i> is an anaerobe associated with freshwater and marine life. Necrotizing soft tissue infection caused by <i>E. tarda</i> is rare, but its mortality rate is extremely high (61.1%). We experienced a survival case of Fournier's gangrene with <i>E. tarda</i>. A key clinical feature for the diagnosis was gas production; however, there have been no previous reports of such a phenomenon in relation to <i>E. tarda</i>. A 64-year-old man was admitted with a 3-day history of a high fever. His medical history, which included paraplegia from the Th6 level down, made the focus of inflammation at the perineum difficult to notice. Whole-body CT revealed subcutaneous gas from the posterior scrotum around the entire circumference of the anus. During emergency surgery, an incision at"],"journal":["Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open"],"pagination":["e3625"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8205190"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Fournier's Gangrene with <i>Edwardsiella tarda:</i> A Gas Production Case by Bacterial Synergism with <i>Streptococcus anginosus</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC8205190"],"pubmed_authors":["Matsui M","Takahashi T","Tsuge I","Sakamoto M","Kanno T","Kaisho J","Yamanaka H","Katsube M","Morimoto N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Fournier's Gangrene with <i>Edwardsiella tarda:</i> A Gas Production Case by Bacterial Synergism with <i>Streptococcus anginosus</i>.","description":"<i>Edwardsiella tarda</i> is an anaerobe associated with freshwater and marine life. Necrotizing soft tissue infection caused by <i>E. tarda</i> is rare, but its mortality rate is extremely high (61.1%). We experienced a survival case of Fournier's gangrene with <i>E. tarda</i>. A key clinical feature for the diagnosis was gas production; however, there have been no previous reports of such a phenomenon in relation to <i>E. tarda</i>. A 64-year-old man was admitted with a 3-day history of a high fever. His medical history, which included paraplegia from the Th6 level down, made the focus of inflammation at the perineum difficult to notice. Whole-body CT revealed subcutaneous gas from the posterior scrotum around the entire circumference of the anus. During emergency surgery, an incision at","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jun","modification":"2025-04-19T17:45:01.952Z","creation":"2022-02-10T15:45:45.358Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8205190","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34150423"],"doi":["10.1097/GOX.0000000000003625"]}}