title: Spontaneous gas-forming bacterial myonecrosis caused by group B streptococci and peptostreptococci.
abstract: We present the case of a patient who spontaneously developed a severe gas-forming infection involving the voluntary muscles of both thighs. The organisms responsible were group B beta-haemolytic streptococci together with peptostreptococci. Following surgical and medical treatment, the patient fully recovered. No predisposing factors, in particular no disease causing immunocompromise, could be identified.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Overkamp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfohl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Domres
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Schmülling
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009336:Necrosis; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*