A case of left leg necrotizing fasciitis caused by streptococcus pyogenes in a healthy Japanese man

• We experienced a case of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) due to Group A streptococcus in a healthy Japanese man. • Cutaneous manifestations with NF can be initially minimal. • It is important to recognize that one of the characteristic symptoms of NF is severe pain out of proportion. • When NF is suspe...

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Autores principales: Takagi, Miyu, Kobayashi, Takaaki, Fukushima, Akina, Moody, Sandra, Yoshida, Akihito
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10267757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37324237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01775
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author Takagi, Miyu
Kobayashi, Takaaki
Fukushima, Akina
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Yoshida, Akihito
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description • We experienced a case of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) due to Group A streptococcus in a healthy Japanese man. • Cutaneous manifestations with NF can be initially minimal. • It is important to recognize that one of the characteristic symptoms of NF is severe pain out of proportion. • When NF is suspect, emergent surgical exploration and debridement are required.
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spelling pubmed-102677572023-06-15 A case of left leg necrotizing fasciitis caused by streptococcus pyogenes in a healthy Japanese man Takagi, Miyu Kobayashi, Takaaki Fukushima, Akina Moody, Sandra Yoshida, Akihito IDCases Article • We experienced a case of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) due to Group A streptococcus in a healthy Japanese man. • Cutaneous manifestations with NF can be initially minimal. • It is important to recognize that one of the characteristic symptoms of NF is severe pain out of proportion. • When NF is suspect, emergent surgical exploration and debridement are required. Elsevier 2023-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10267757/ /pubmed/37324237 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01775 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01775
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