Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. Diagnosing and treating the "flesh-eating bacteria syndrome".
Over the past decade the incidence of necrotizing fasciitis due to group A streptococci has increased. Appropriate management of this life-threatening infection requires rapid recognition, immediate antibiotic therapy, and expeditious surgical debridement or excision.
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T M
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Department of Internal Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Tan
J S
JS
DiPersio
J R
JR
D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000472:pathogenicity