Extract
Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening infection of the superficial
muscle fascia and adjacent subcutaneous tissue. These infections are typically
caused by group-A Streptococcus, a mixture of aerobic and anaerobic organisms,
or organisms of the Clostridia
species1.
Staphylococcus aureus has been occasionally reported as a
monomicrobial causative agent of necrotizing fasciitis, and
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was described as the
cause of two cases of hospital-associated necrotizing
fasciitis2,3.
Nevertheless, over the past few years, the incidence of community-acquired
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection has
substantially
increased4,5.
The majority of these infections are of the skin and soft
tissues5,6.