title: Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. Diagnosing and treating the "flesh-eating bacteria syndrome".
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: File
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: DiPersio
mesh_terms: 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