Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Salmonella enteritidis

Abstract

A 76-yr-old man developed necrotizing fasciitis due to Salmonella enteritidis 1 month after an episode of gastroenteritis due to the same microorganism. The fact that S. enteritidis was the only organism isolated despite adequate anaerobic cultures confirm the ability of salmonellae to produce severe monomicrobial soft tissue infections.

Necrotizing Fasciitis: Expect the unexpected

“…Mono-microbial necrotizing fasciitis due to Salmonella serovars is extremely rare [ 12 , 13 ]; although it has been reported both with and without a prodromal diarrheal illness. There have been no previous reports of human NF due to Salmonella newport [ 14 , 11 ].…”

“…Salmonella newport has been reported as the cause of human enteritis; a severe outbreak of diarrheal illness affected 78 people in the United States in 1999, due to contaminated mangoes, with 15/78 patients admitted to hospital and two deaths [ 19 ]. In 2019, an outbreak of Salmonella newport was linked to ground (minced) beef involving 403 people was reported from 30 states in the US; 117 people were hospitalized but no deaths were reported [ 20 ].…”