Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2865203 | The American Journal of the Medical Sciences | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
James MD, Samih MD, Joan M. MD, Marc MD, Nabil MD,