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Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. Diagnosing and treating the "flesh-eating bacteria syndrome".

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.

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Year: 1998 PMID： 9599907 DOI： 10.3949/ccjm.65.5.241

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cleve Clin J Med ISSN： 0891-1150 Impact factor: 2.321

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Review 4. A practical guide to the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections.

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5. Management of facial necrotizing fasciitis.

Authors: Christian Schurr; M Burghartz; T Miethke; M Kesting; N Hoang; R Staudenmaier
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Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. Diagnosing and treating the "flesh-eating bacteria syndrome".

Review 1. Magnetic resonance imaging for acute hip pain in the emergency department.

Review 2. Necrotising fasciitis due to an infected sebaceous cyst.

Review 3. Necrotising fasciitis in the central part of the body: diagnosis, management and review of the literature.

Review 4. A practical guide to the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections.

5. Management of facial necrotizing fasciitis.

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