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Review
. 1998 May;65(5):241-9.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.65.5.241.

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

T M File Jr  1 , J S Tan, J R DiPersio
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Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. Diagnosing and treating the "flesh-eating bacteria syndrome"

T M File Jr et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 1998 May.
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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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