Necrotizing fasciitis in adults due to group B streptococcus. Report of a case and review of the literature.
Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon severe infection involving subcutaneous tissues and advancing along fascial planes. Group B streptococcal infections occur disproportionately in diabetics and pregnant women. Although fasciitis secondary to group B streptococcus has been described in infants and adult women in the postpartum period, we report the first case, to our knowledge, of group B streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis in an adult diabetic unrelated to obstetric complications.
Riefler
J
J
Division of Infectious Disease, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Molavi
A
A
Schwartz
D
D
DiNubile
M
M
D005208:Fasciitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae