Open AccessAN UNUSUAL CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION
Author(s) -
H V Prashanth,
R M Saldanha Dominic,
Shalini Srivastav,
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.