Fournier’s gangrene of the penis caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis: case report and incidence study in a tertiary-care hospital

BACKGROUND: Fournier’s gangrene is a rare necrotizing soft tissue infection of the scrotum and penis. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of Fournier’s gangrene caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE), a strain of pyogenic β-hemolytic streptococci that is increasingly...

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Autores principales: Anantha, Ram V, Kasper, Katherine J, Patterson, Kelcey G, Zeppa, Joseph J, Delport, Johan, McCormick, John K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23957431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-381

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