| necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by streptococcus pyogenes and streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis of groups c and g in western norway. | streptococcus pyogenes (group a streptococcus, gas) is a major cause of necrotizing soft tissue infection (nsti). on rare occasions, other β-haemolytic streptococci may also cause nsti, but the significance and nature of these infections has not been thoroughly investigated. in this study, clinical and molecular characteristics of nsti caused by gas and β-haemolytic streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis of groups c and g (gcs/ggs) in western norway during 2000-09 are presented. clinical ... | 2013 | 23795951 |