Vibrio vulnificus Sepsis Successfully Treated with Antibiotics, Surgical Debridement, and Recombinant Human Activated Protein C

2004 
43-year-old Vietnamese man presented in the morning to a local hospital with a chief complaint of left lower extremity pain and redness of the ankle and calf for 2 days. The patient was evaluated, given a prescription for cephalexin, and discharged home with a diagnosis of cellulitis. Later the same day, the patient presented to another hospital with the development of black bullae on his left leg. The patient’s pain had increased in severity and was exacerbated with movement of the left foot. He also complained of fevers and chills. He denied any history of recent trauma, spider or insect bites, or wading in water. Three days prior to his admission, he had consumed partially cooked oys
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