Streptococcus pyogenes Endocarditis Associated With Varicella-Case Report and Review of the Literature

• मुख्य लेखकों: Patrizia Savoia (लेखक), Ulrich Heininger (लेखक), Michael Buettcher (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) is usually a benign and self-limiting disease. Serious complications by bacterial pathogens do occur, such as necrotising fasciitis (NF). One of the most important is Streptococcus pyogenes (or Group A Streptococcus, GAS), which colonizes epithelial surfac...