Early identification of patients at high risk of group A streptococcus-associated necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections: a retrospective cohort study

Crit Care. 2019 Dec 21;23(1):417. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2708-y.
No abstract available

Keywords: Clindamycin; Group A streptococcus; Intravenous immunoglobulins; Necrotizing soft tissue infection; Toxin.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Cohort Studies
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / diagnosis*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / physiopathology
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / prevention & control
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / physiopathology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Clindamycin