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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2024

Necrotising fasciitis, invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection; a case series of 8 patients requiring surgical debridement in one trauma unit within 9 months.

Omar-Adam Salim, Ryan Hillier-Smith, Antonella Ardolino

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Omar-Adam SalimTrauma and Orthopaedics, Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust, Hampshire RG24 9NA, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9425-3196
Ryan Hillier-SmithHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hampshire RG24 9NA, United Kingdom.
Antonella ArdolinoHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hampshire RG24 9NA, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rare but life-threatening skin and soft tissue infection. It requires urgent surgical debridement. The most common cause of monomicrobial NF is invasive Group A Streptococcus (IGAS). We present eight patients who were all treated in a single trauma unit within a 9-month period. All cases required surgical debridement and had positive microbiology testing for IGAS. The eight patients did not present typically for NF, nor did they all have typical risk factors for the development of NF. The in-hospital mortality rate was 37.5%. This series represents an epidemiological spike of IGAS infections causing NF. The findings from this series could inform future practice if similar spikes were to be encountered.

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debridementinfectioninvasive group A streptococcusmonomicrobialpolymicrobial

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PMID38966684
PMCPMC11222963

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