PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - File, Thomas M.
AU  - Tan, James S.
AU  - Dipersio, Joseph R.
TI  - Group a Streptococcal Necrotizing Fasciitis
DP  - 1998 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 241--249
VI  - 65
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/5/241.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/5/241.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1998 May 01; 65
AB  - 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.