Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Serotype 7C Streptococcus pneumoniae in Overwhelming Post-splenectomy Infection.
Hidemasa Akazawa, Shinnosuke Fukushima, Kenta Nakamoto, Kohei Oguni, Bin Chang, Yukihiro Akeda, Satoru Sugihara, Miyu Takenaka, Shin Morizane, Hideharu Hagiya
Published: 202510.2169/internalmedicine.6637-25
Abstract
Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) is a life-threatening condition typically caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare manifestation of invasive pneumococcal disease. A 73-year-old woman with a history of li…
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