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Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
; (24): 1630-1632, 2022.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-954803
ABSTRACT
Acute necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and life-threatening soft-tissue infection characterized by the rapid spread of inflammation and subsequent necrosis of the fascial planes and surrounding tissue.Its fatality rate in children reaches up to 10%.Group A Streptococcus is the common cause of acute necrotizing fasciitis.Patients with this disease should be treated promptly with antibiotics and surgical debridement.