GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCAL NECROTIZING FASCIITIS - DIAGNOSING AND TREATINGTHE FLESH-EATING BACTERIA SYNDROME

Authors
FILE TM TAN JS DIPERSIO JR
Citation
Tm. File et al., GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCAL NECROTIZING FASCIITIS - DIAGNOSING AND TREATINGTHE FLESH-EATING BACTERIA SYNDROME, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 65(5), 1998, pp. 241-249
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
08911150
Volume
65
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
241 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-1150(1998)65:5<241:GSNF-D>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Over the past decade the incidence of necrotizing fasciitis due to gro up A streptococci has increased. Appropriate management of this life-t hreatening Infection requires rapid recognition, immediate antibiotic therapy, and expeditious surgical debridement or excision.