Successfully drug treatment for necrotizing fasciitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes in 88-year-old patient.

Nadia LadjouziJihène Ben HassenIdir MebarkiMohamad Al ZoabiAdel AlayshJoel Schlatter

Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare soft-tissue infection generally treated by emergency surgical intervention. We report a case of successfully drug treatment for NF in older patient with comorbidities thus avoiding surgical intervention.

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