Group B streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis from a decubitus ulcer
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Group B streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis from a decubitus ulcer
A 29-year-old man with paraplegia secondary to a gunshot wound presented to the emergency department (ED) with worsening abdominal pain over the past 2 weeks with associated fever, dysuria, nausea, and vomiting. He had been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection (UTI) 2 days earlier and was started on antibiotics without improvement. On examination he was afebrile, tachycardic up to 140, tach...
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SHORT COMMUNICATION Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a severe soft tissue infection characterized by high mortality rates (1–3). Group A Streptococcus is one of the most common causative agents of this condition (1–3). Group B Streptococcus (GBS), on the other hand, is a virulent pathogen causing invasive infections, including NF in infants and pregnant women (4). However, several cases of GBS cau...
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This study evaluated a PCR assay for detection of the streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B (speB) gene from tissue biopsy specimens of patients with necrotizing fasciitis. speB was detected in specimens from all 10 patients with necrotizing fasciitis due to group A streptococcus. The assay was negative for all 11 patients without culture or serologic evidence of streptococcal infection. These res...
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Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, SBS-B1n-27, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551; School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, SBS-B2n-27, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551; National University of Singapore (NUS)-The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Mechanisms of Inflammation, Campus for Research Excellence ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-010-0243-3