The Initial Outpatient-Physician Encounter in Group A Streptococcal Necrotizing Fasciitis
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- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (2) , 607-608
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313980
Abstract
Of 15 patients in whom the diagnosis of streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis was missed at initial outpatient evaluation, 8 died. Although influenza-lKeywords
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