Necrotizing painful skin lesion after a mosquito bite in healthy elderly woman: case report

Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;32(9):1148.e3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.02.028. Epub 2014 Feb 24.

Authors

Mauro Giordano¹, Tiziana Ciarambino², Cecilia Politi², Caterina Aurilio², Giuseppe Paolisso²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Geriatric Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Geriatric Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 24686027
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.02.028

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Culicidae
Female
Humans
Insect Bites and Stings / complications*
Leg
Necrosis
Pseudomonas Infections / etiology*
Pseudomonas Infections / pathology
Skin / pathology*