PEDIATRICS Vol. 57 No. 3 March 1976, pp. 306-310
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Varicella Gangrenosa Due to Group A beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus

Edward W. P. Smith M.D.1, Arthur Garson Jr. M.D.1, James A. Boyleston M.D.1, Samuel L. Katz M.D.1, and Catherine M. Wilfert M.D.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Varicella is usually a well-tolerated disease in normal children. Pyogenic infections involving the skin are the commonest complications and their potential severity is emphasized by our recent experience with two children who suffered from gangrene as a result of cutaneous superinfection with group A beta-hemolytic streptococci. We present the recognition and management of these patients in an effort to reacquaint physicians with this potentially fatal infection.

Submitted on April 14, 1975
Accepted on June 30, 1975




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