title: Necrotising fasciitis: quantitative characteristics of the 1994 British media outbreak.
abstract: A small number of cases of necrotising fasciitis in England caused by group A streptococci became the focus of a massive amount of media attention during May 1994. This report presents quantitative data on the interaction between journalists and a microbiologist during this period, and discusses possible explanations of the event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Medical School, U.K.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Pennington
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media / Q000639:trends; D009336:Necrosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes