Erm It appears I ve been making myself misunderstood a bit too often This wasn t really an improvement Pseudomonas is very very very rarely associated with necrotizing fasciitis I mean there have been like a dozen cases reported in the literature if I recall correctly What I meant by my comment over at WT MED was that very dramatic cases such as this one are really not that uncommon many people who develop necrotizing fasciitis for instance have equally dramatic and unfortunate disease courses I did not mean to imply that necrotizing fasciitis is caused by Pseudomonas and I m sorry if my comment led to any confusion behind your edit t c