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Case Reports
. 2014 May 17:14:ic15.
eCollection 2014.

Necrotizing fasciitis

Sameer Gujral  1 , Juliana Maria Fonseca Hughes  1 , Akira Wiberg  1
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Case Reports

Necrotizing fasciitis

Sameer Gujral et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Streptococcus; cellulitis; myositis; necrotizing fasciitis; sepsis.

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Figure 1
(a) Left medial thigh showing discoloration and swelling. Maximal pain to palpation was in the centrally marked area, but pain could be elicited as far back as the dotted lines. (b) Left medial thigh following surgical debridement down to viable fat, fascia, and muscle.
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