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Acute streptococcal necrotising fasciitis
P D Frankish1, G H Mason, P R Allen
1North Shore Hospital, Auckland.
The New Zealand Medical Journal
|October 12, 1988
Abstract:
Two cases of acute streptococcal necrotising fasciitis are reported. Both patients were taking nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs when they developed this infection. Urgent surgical debridement was undertaken and resulted in a successful outcome in both patients. The clinical and histopathological features of this condition are reviewed.