Necrotising fasciitis due to streptococcus pyogenes.
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Rapidly fatal necrotising fasciitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.
AIMS To describe the morbid anatomical and bacteriological features in a series of five cases of rapidly fatal Streptococcus pyogenes necrotising fasciitis. METHODS Post mortem and bacteriological examinations were made of five patients dying within 48 hours from rapidly fatal necrotising fasciitis. RESULTS All five cases died rapidly from a toxic Streptococcus toxin syndrome as a result of...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.280.6229.1419-a