Fatal Fulminant Retroperitoneal Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Streptococcus viridans.
Department of Surgery, Harlem Hospital Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Godwin
G
Ofikwu
Saqib
S
Saeed
Alexius
A
Ramcharan
D000368:Aged; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D034363:Viridans Streptococci / Q000302:isolation & purification*