Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria)

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Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
Web Address:	www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/groupastreptococcal_g.htm
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a fact sheet on group A streptococcus (GAS), the type of bacteria that usually causes necrotizing fasciitis.

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Author:	Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS Ralph Poore	Last Updated: December 6, 2007
Medical Review:	E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Donald Sproule, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine Dennis L. Stevens, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
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