Saving the life of a Cambodian patient in critical condition due to flesh-eating bacteria infection

On June 25, City International Hospital (CIH) announced that it had just saved the life of a 52-year-old Cambodian patient infected with the dangerous bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, known as "flesh-eating bacteria".

The doctor is examining the patient

The patient was admitted to the hospital with severe respiratory failure, high fever and chills lasting for several weeks, blood clotting disorder, liver and lung damage, and an abscess in the left groin area. Diagnosis results showed that the patient had sepsis, severe pneumonia, and multiple organ failure.

Upon receiving the patient, the team of doctors at the Intensive Care Unit determined that this was a case of severe sepsis, with damage to multiple organs at the same time, especially cellulitis, and a risk of deep muscle abscess in the perineum, so they decided to treat the severe sepsis, aiming for Whitmore's disease.

The patient was treated aggressively with continuous blood filtration, mechanical ventilation, strong antibiotics, electrolyte adjustment methods, and intensive hemodynamic support.

After more than 3 weeks of intensive treatment, the patient's pneumonia gradually improved, breathing rate became more stable, the patient's sedation gradually decreased, liver and kidney function improved, until the moment the patient was extubated and breathing room air on his own.

THANH SON

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/cuu-song-nguoi-benh-campuchia-nguy-kich-vi-nhiem-vi-khuon-an-thit-nguoi-post801051.html