title: Necrotizing fasciitis caused by group A Streptococcus with no apparent predisposing factors presenting as acute abdomen.
authors.forename: Hamed A Shabaneh
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Al-Tamimi
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*