Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus

Compartment syndrome is a rare but a well-documented complication in patients with trauma-induced group A streptococcus infection. Here, we present a case of a male who developed compartment syndrome on the left lower extremity after an injury inoculated by group A streptococcus on the right lower e...

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Main Authors:	Chen, Huiwen, Mcphillips, Sean Thomas, Chundi, Vishnu
Other Authors:	Univ Arizona, Dept Gen Surg
Language:	en
Published:	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2017
Subjects:	group A streptococcus toxic shock syndrome acute compartment syndrome multi-organ failure
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622921 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622921

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spelling	ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-6229212017-03-31T03:00:37Z Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus Chen, Huiwen Mcphillips, Sean Thomas Chundi, Vishnu Univ Arizona, Dept Gen Surg group A streptococcus toxic shock syndrome acute compartment syndrome multi-organ failure Compartment syndrome is a rare but a well-documented complication in patients with trauma-induced group A streptococcus infection. Here, we present a case of a male who developed compartment syndrome on the left lower extremity after an injury inoculated by group A streptococcus on the right lower extremity. The patient was resuscitated with antibiotics, urgent fasciotomy, and immunoglobulin. The patient was eventually transferred to a burn center for further care. 2017-01-24 Article Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus 2017, 6 (5):33007 Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2000-9666 27802865 10.3402/jchimp.v6.33007 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622921 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622921 Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives en https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/jchimp.v6.33007 © 2016 Huiwen Chen et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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spellingShingle	group A streptococcus toxic shock syndrome acute compartment syndrome multi-organ failure Chen, Huiwen Mcphillips, Sean Thomas Chundi, Vishnu Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus
description	Compartment syndrome is a rare but a well-documented complication in patients with trauma-induced group A streptococcus infection. Here, we present a case of a male who developed compartment syndrome on the left lower extremity after an injury inoculated by group A streptococcus on the right lower extremity. The patient was resuscitated with antibiotics, urgent fasciotomy, and immunoglobulin. The patient was eventually transferred to a burn center for further care.
author2	Univ Arizona, Dept Gen Surg
author_facet	Univ Arizona, Dept Gen Surg Chen, Huiwen Mcphillips, Sean Thomas Chundi, Vishnu
author	Chen, Huiwen Mcphillips, Sean Thomas Chundi, Vishnu
author_sort	Chen, Huiwen
title	Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus
title_short	Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus
title_full	Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus
title_fullStr	Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus
title_full_unstemmed	Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus
title_sort	contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group a streptococcus
publisher	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
publishDate	2017
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622921 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/622921
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Contralateral compartment syndrome inoculated by invasive group A streptococcus

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