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Streptococcus pyogenes flexor tenosynovitis

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We describe a case of Group A streptococcal infection originally presenting as flexor tenosynovitis. Group A Streptococcus outbreaks have been recently described in developed countries, which constitutes an epidemiological shift that hand surgeons should be aware of.

Source: Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

DOI: 10.1177/17531934241286114

Authors: Katie Frith, Daniela de Lima Corvino, Ronit Wollstein

Institutions: University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4402928766

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