RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Group a Streptococcal Necrotizing Fasciitis
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 241
OP 249
VO 65
IS 5
A1 File, Thomas M.
A1 Tan, James S.
A1 Dipersio, Joseph R.
YR 1998
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/5/241.abstract
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.