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Report of 2 fatal cases of adult necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus agalactiae.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2000) 31(4)
DOI: 10.1086/318148
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We describe 2 cases of fatal necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus agalactiae-a rare entity that has been reported in only 9 patients-in 2 nonpregnant adults.

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Tang, W. M., Ho, P. L., Yau, W. P., Wong, J. W., & Yip, D. K. (2000). Report of 2 fatal cases of adult necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus agalactiae. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.1086/318148

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