Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria): Other Places To Get Help
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Other Places To Get Help
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| Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease | |
| U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases | |
| Web Address: | www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/groupastreptococcal_g.htm |
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a fact sheet on group A streptococcus (GAS), the type of bacteria that usually causes necrotizing fasciitis. | |
| Last updated: | December 06, 2007 |
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| Author: | Ralph Poore |
| Reviewed By: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, Dennis L. Stevens, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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