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Streptococcal necrotising fasciitis from diverse strains of Streptococcus pyogenes in tropical northern Australia: case series and comparison with the literature

BACKGROUND: Since the mid-1980's there has been a worldwide resurgence of severe disease from group A streptococcus (GAS), with clonal clusters implicated in Europe and the United States. However GAS associated sepsis and rheumatic fever have always remained at high levels in many less develope...

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Autores principales: Hassell, Marilyn, Fagan, Peter, Carson, Phillip, Currie, Bart J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC544349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15601476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-4-60