Posts tagged Pediatric Infections
Rare, But Can’t Miss: Necrotizing Fasciitis in the Pediatric Population

A 14-year-old male presents with right thigh redness and pain. It’s a busy afternoon and you think to yourself, “This will be a quick and easy disposition. The patient probably has cellulitis.” He reports one week of worsening erythema and pain to his right anterior groin. Last evening, he was able to drain a small amount of white to green-tinged material from a small “pimple” that had formed along the medial aspect of his thigh…

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