Thomas M. File, Jr., MD Chief, Infectious Disease Service, Department of Internal Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; Professor of Internal Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
James S. Tan, MD Chairman, Department of Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; Professor of Internal Medicine, Chairman of Infectious Disease Section, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Joseph R. Dipersio, PhD Director of Microbiology, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; Associate Professor of Clinical Microbiology in Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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ABSTRACT
Over the past decade the incidence of necrotizing fasciitis due to group A streptococci has increased. Appropriate management of this life-threatening infection requires rapid recognition, immediate antibiotic therapy, and expeditious surgical debridement or excision.
