The "flesh-eating bacterium" can infect patients through wounds on the hands and feet, causing rapid necrosis and multiple organ failure. Death can occur within a few dozen hours of its onset ...
Mental status changes. Absence of Clostridium in blood and wound cultures. Focal necrosis, microvascular thrombosis, and leukocytes in the debrided tissue exam. Anne Fink, BSN, RN, is a Nurse in ...