Case cluster of necrotizing fasciitis and cellulitis associated with vein sclerotherapy

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;14(1):180-1. doi: 10.3201/eid1401.070250.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carrier State / drug therapy
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Cellulitis / epidemiology
  • Cellulitis / etiology*
  • Cellulitis / microbiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / epidemiology
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / etiology*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient*
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Sclerotherapy / adverse effects
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / pathogenicity*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
  • Victoria / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Amoxicillin
  • Rifampin