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Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. Diagnosing and treating the "flesh-eating bacteria syndrome"
T M File1, J S Tan, J R DiPersio
1Department of Internal Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
|May 26, 1998
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.