Necrotizing fasciitis is rare, quickly progressive, hard to diagnose, difficult to treat, with poor outcomes and therefore poses serious medical and occasionally legal concerns. We present a unique patient with no past medical history who had an infection with Vibrio vulnificus after a marine accident. Only amputation saved his life.
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