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Gangrenous streptococcal myositis: case report.

B Hird1, K Byrne.   

Abstract

Streptococcal infection of the large skeletal muscles is a rare but often rapidly fatal condition that may occur for no apparent reason. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may have an adverse effect on outcome. A high index of suspicion is the key to early diagnosis.

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Year:  1994        PMID： 8158727

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Trauma        ISSN： 0022-5282


  6 in total

Review 1.  Streptococcal necrotising myositis of obturator internus and piriformis in a type 2 diabetic patient presenting as sepsis of unknown origin.

Authors:  P R Sharma; H C McEvoy; D C Floyd
Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl       Date:  2011-09       Impact factor: 1.891

2.  A case of streptococcal myositis (misdiagnosed as hamstring injury).

Authors:  N Kang; D Antonopoulos; A Khanna
Journal:  J Accid Emerg Med       Date:  1998-11

Review 3.  Bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral myositis.

Authors:  Nancy F Crum-Cianflone
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2008-07       Impact factor: 26.132

4.  Blunt trauma as a risk factor for group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis.

Authors:  Ziyad B Nuwayhid; David M Aronoff; Zuber D Mulla
Journal:  Ann Epidemiol       Date:  2007-08-13       Impact factor: 3.797

5.  Surviving streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a case report.

Authors:  Thayur R Madhusudhan; Srivatsa Sambamurthy; Eileen Williams; Ian C Smith
Journal:  J Med Case Rep       Date:  2007-10-29

6.  Management of necrotizing myositis in a field hospital: a case report.

Authors:  Ramanathan Saranga Bharathi; Vinay Sharma; Rohit Sood; Arunava Chakladar; Pragnya Singh; Deep Kumar Raman
Journal:  Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med       Date:  2009-04-18       Impact factor: 2.953
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