Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria): References

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McHenry CR (2005). Necrotizing soft-tissue infections. In RE Rakel, ET Bope, eds., Conn's Current Therapy, pp. 95–97. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
Stevens DL (1999). The flesh-eating bacterium: What's next? Journal of Infectious Diseases, 179(Suppl 2): S366–S374.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004). Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/groupastreptococcal_g.htm.
Swartz MN, Pasternack MS (2005). Necrotizing fasciitis section of Skin and soft tissue infections. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1189–1191. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
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Stevens DL (2000). Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome associated with necrotizing fascitis. Annual Review of Medicine, 51: 271–288.
Weinberg AN, et al. (2003). Gangrenous cellulitis, infectious gangrene, and crepitant soft-tissue wounds section of Soft-tissue infections: Erysipelas, cellulitis, gangrenous cellulitis, and myonecrosis. In IM Freedberg et al., eds., Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 6th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1888–1889. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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Last updated:	November 01, 2005
Author:	Colleen Cronin
Reviewed By:	Renée M. Crichlow, MD - Family Medicine, Dennis L. Stevens, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Lisa Shaw

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