Case Report and Literature Review of Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease Manifesting as Necrotizing Fasciitis in Preterm Infants: Is This a New Syndrome? | Zendy

M Lang | Zendy; Wendy Vaudry | Zendy; Joan Robinson | Zendy

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Case Report and Literature Review of Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease Manifesting as Necrotizing Fasciitis in Preterm Infants: Is This a New Syndrome?

Author(s) -

M Lang,

Wendy Vaudry,

Joan Robinson

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/378892

Subject(s) - medicine , fasciitis , streptococcus , group b , debridement (dental) , surgery , group a , surgical debridement , head and neck , pediatrics , necrosis , dermatology , pathology , genetics , bacteria , biology

We describe a 5-month-old preterm female infant who presented with necrotizing fasciitis involving the face and neck caused by group B streptococcus (GBS). Because of the extent and anatomic location of the necrosis, surgical debridement was delayed for 16 days, but the infant survived. Review of the literature demonstrated that 3 of the 10 previously reported cases of necrotizing fasciitis caused by GBS involved preterm infants and that 2 of these cases also involved the head and neck.

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