Epidemiol. Infect. 115 (1995), 387–97

K.Cartwright, M.Logan, C.McNulty, S.Harrison, R. George, A.Efstratiou, M.McEvoy and N.Begg

A cluster of cases of streptococcal necrotising fasciitis in Gloucestershire

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Patient B

Three days later (7 February), patient B underwent a routine sapheno-femoral disconnection for varicose veins in the same operating theatre. In the evening she developed diarrhoea which persisted overnight; gastroenteritis was suspected. Early the next morning she was re-examined by her surgeon and was transferred to the district general hospital at about midday. NF was suspected, broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics were commenced and surgery arranged. The diagnosis was confirmed at operation. The affected tissues were excised and specimens sent for culture and histology. Chains of Gram-positive cocci were seen in tissue sections and later, S. pyogenes was isolated.