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Lactobacillus gasseri Causing Fournier's Gangrene
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Lactobacillus gasseri Causing Fournier's Gangrene

Imad M. Tleyjeh, Jonathan Routh, Mohammed O. Qutub, Garrett Lischer, Kelly V. Liang and Larry M. Baddour
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, Vol.36(6-7), pp.501-503
01/07/2004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540410015916
PMID: 15307582

Abstract

Fournier's gangrene is characterized as an aggressive necrotizing process caused by a polymicrobial infection that includes virulent organisms. We report the first case of Fournier's gangrene caused by a low-virulence organism, Lactobacillus gasseri.

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