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Necrotizing fasciitis is caused by invasive group A streptococcal bacteria. The organism and disease are also known as "flesh-eating bacteria".
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Article by Michael Maynor, MD.
Article by Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH.
UK support group for people who have been affected by severe streptococal infections or necrotising fasciitis. Includes disease and support group information.
Fact sheet, with illustrations, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
Provides information on this bacterial infection, including its epidemiology, presentation, differential diagnosis, investigation, management, prognosis and prevention.
Factsheet from the New York State Department of Health.
Fact sheet, with illustrations, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Provides information on this bacterial infection, including its epidemiology, presentation, differential diagnosis, investigation, management, prognosis and prevention.
Factsheet from the New York State Department of Health.
Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
Article by Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH.
Article by Michael Maynor, MD.
UK support group for people who have been affected by severe streptococal infections or necrotising fasciitis. Includes disease and support group information.
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February 3, 2022 at 6:15:11 UTC
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