Value of standard laboratory tests for the early recognition of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis.

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The laboratory data for 17 patients with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis (GAS NF) were compared with data for 145 patients hospitalized for cellulitis during the same period. Admission values of C-reactive protein and creatine kinase were higher for patients in the group with GAS NF than for patients in the group with cellulitis (P

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Simonart, T., Simonart, J. M., Derdelinckx, I., De Dobbeleer, G., Verleysen, A., Verraes, S., … Heenen, M. (2001). Value of standard laboratory tests for the early recognition of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.1086/317525

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