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Patient | Age | Type of injury, other conditions | Clinical course | Outcome | Reference |
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Male | 58 | No obvious injury reported, swollen hand after fishing, and diabetes mellitus | Postsurgical complications, cardiac arrest | Fatal | [13, 14] |
Male | 76 | Minor puncture at thumb | Wound, progressing to necrotizing fasciitis (NF), intravascular coagulation, septic shock | Fatal | [13] |
Male | 69 | Partially healed laceration (finger) and fishhook injury (finger) 2 weeks prior to onset | NF, multiple organ failure | Fatal | [15] |
Male | 43 | Laceration by stingray when stepping off a boat | Fever, erythema, followed by NF | Cured (deep surgical debridement) | [16] |
Male | 64 | Injury from fish hook, atherosclerotic heart disease, and ventricular arrhythmias | Erythema and profound edema, postsurgical complications, acute renal failure | Fatal | [17] |
Male | 63 | No injury recorded, consumption of raw eel, diabetes mellitus, alcoholic, liver disease | Swelling and erythema on arm and hand, NF, intravascular hemolysis, septic shock | Fatal | [18] |
Male | 70 | Knife cut after handling bluefish, previously healthy, mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass | Wound infection, fever and swelling of the hand, sepsis | Fatal | [19] |
Male | 62 | Puncture wound at thenar following rabbitfish fin injury | Swollen forearm with dusky discoloration, progressing into NF, renal failure, septic shock | Fatal | [20] |
Male | 38 | Fish fin puncture | erythema and edema, severe pain | Cured by amputation | [21] |
Male | 61 | Minor injury while cleaning catfish, alcoholic, and diabetes mellitus | NF, intravasal coagulation, renal failure, cardiac arrest | Fatal | [22] |
Male | 64 | Laceration injury in marine environment | Wound infection with local necrosis | Cured | This report |
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