A case of left leg necrotizing fasciitis caused by streptococcus pyogenes in a healthy Japanese man

• Miyu Takagi,
• Takaaki Kobayashi,
• Akina Fukushima,
• Sandra Moody,
• Akihito Yoshida

Affiliations

Miyu Takagi

Department of General Internal Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan; Corresponding author.

Takaaki Kobayashi

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Akina Fukushima

Department of General Internal Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan

Sandra Moody

Department of Medicine, Divisions of Hospital Medicine & Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Akihito Yoshida

Department of General Internal Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan