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  • Title: Case report and literature review of late-onset group B streptococcal disease manifesting as necrotizing fasciitis in preterm infants: is this a new syndrome?
    Author: Lang ME, Vaudry W, Robinson JL.
    Journal: Clin Infect Dis; 2003 Nov 01; 37(9):e132-5. PubMed ID: 14557984.
    Abstract:
    We describe a 5-month-old preterm female infant who presented with necrotizing fasciitis involving the face and neck caused by group B streptococcus (GBS). Because of the extent and anatomic location of the necrosis, surgical debridement was delayed for 16 days, but the infant survived. Review of the literature demonstrated that 3 of the 10 previously reported cases of necrotizing fasciitis caused by GBS involved preterm infants and that 2 of these cases also involved the head and neck.
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