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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS
Volume 7, Issue 5, Pages 641-645Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-1578(10)60599-5
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We report the use of molecular techniques in the diagnosis of a case of culture-negative necrotizing fasciitis occurring in a 32-year-old female with no significant past medical history and who died within 36 hours of admission. Paraffin-embedded tissue sections from the popliteal fossa region obtained at autopsy showed hemorrhage, necrosis, and mild inflammation by hematoxylin and eosin staining. Tissue gram stain showed numerous gram-positive organisms arranged in clusters. The sequences of the first 500 bp of bacterial 16S rRNA gene amplified from the lesion were identical to a Lancefield group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes. Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A and B superantigen genes were detected and an emm type 1 was determined by polymerase chain reaction and sequencing from the lesion. This confirmed the etiology of the patient's rapid deterioration with multisystem organ failure.
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