AN UNUSUAL CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION | Zendy

H V Prashanth | Zendy; Saldanha Dominic R. M. | Zendy; Shalini Shenoy | Zendy; Shrikala Baliga | Zendy

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AN UNUSUAL CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION

Author(s) -

H V Prashanth,

Saldanha Dominic R. M.,

Shalini Shenoy,

Shrikala Baliga

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of biomedical and advance research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2455-0558

pISSN - 2229-3809

DOI - 10.7439/ijbar.v2i11.94

Subject(s) - fasciitis , group a , streptococcus , streptococcal infections , incidence (geometry) , medicine , streptococcus pyogenes , group b , presentation (obstetrics) , immunology , dermatology , biology , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , physics , bacteria , optics , genetics

After two decades of decline of Group A streptococcal infections, the recent years are witnessing a resurgence in the incidence and severity of infections caused by Group A Streptococcus including necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome sometimes with fatal outcomes.

We present an unusual case of Group A streptococcal infection in a 4-year-old boy who did not have any predisposing factors for Group A streptococcal infection.

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