title: Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly Clinicopathological exercises. Case 28-2002. A 35-year-old long-term traveler with a rapidly progressive soft-tissue infection.
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hoadley
authors.forename: Eugene J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Mark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel; D014900:West Indies