Review of Compartment Syndrome Due to Group A Streptococcal Infection

Nontraumatic acute compartment syndrome presenting with fever, or hypotension, or leukocytosis may be associated with infection such as group A streptococcus. Prompt surgical and antibiotic therapy was associated with a relatively low mortality rate. A high clinical index of suspicion should occur for the possibility of infection with an organism such as group A streptococcus in patients presenting with acute extremity pain and tense compartments without trauma and with signs of a systemic inflammatory response.