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Spontaneous gas-forming bacterial myonecrosis caused by group B streptococci and peptostreptococci

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We present the case of a patient who spontaneously developed a severe gas-forming infection involving the voluntary muscles of both thighs. The organisms responsible were group B β-haemolytic streptococci together with peptostreptococci. Following surgical and medical treatment, the patient fully recovered. No predisposing factors, in particular no disease causing immunocompromise, could be identified.

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  1. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Germany

    D. Overkamp, M. Pfohl & R. -M. Schmülling

  2. Abteilung für diagnostische Radiologie, Germany

    R. Klier

  3. Chirurgische Klinik, Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen

    B. Domres

  4. Medizinische Universitättsklinik, W-7400, Tübingen, FRG

    D. Overkamp

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. med. M. Eggstein on the occasion of his 65th birthday

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Overkamp, D., Pfohl, M., Klier, R. et al. Spontaneous gas-forming bacterial myonecrosis caused by group B streptococci and peptostreptococci. Clin Investig 70, 441–443 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00235529

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