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Archivos de Pediatría del Uruguay
On-line version ISSN 1688-1249
Abstract
PREGO, JAVIER; SEHABIAGUE, GRACIELA; DE LEONARDIS, DANIEL and GUTIERREZ, CARMEN. Varicela complicada con fascitis necrotizante: Importancia de un diagnóstico oportuno. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2001, vol.72, suppl.1, pp.S85-S88. ISSN 1688-1249.
They are shown the clinical cases of two first childhood previously healthy, who having varicella in activity show as an infectious complication, necrotizing fasciitis by beta-hemolytic group A streptococcal, with fatal evolution. They are shown the difficulties in the precocious diagnostic of necrotizing fasciitis in early steps of the illness. It is made the emphasis in the clinical aspects that help the precocious diagnostic and treatment, whose depend an advantageous evolution.
Keywords : CHICKENPOX [complications]; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING [diagnosis]; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING [therapy]; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS.