Web Directory

» Family Practice Notebook.com: Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection
   Fact sheet covering risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and management.
   http://www.fpnotebook.com/DER/Bacteria/NcrtzngSftTsInfctn.htm

» Hardin, MD: Necrotizing Fasciitis/Flesh Eating Bacteria
   University of Iowa site with links to photographs.
   http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/necrotizingfasciitis.html

» MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection
   Fact sheet, with illustrations, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001443.htm

» Necrotizing Fasciitis/Myositis
   Factsheet from Health Canada.
   http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/info/necro-eng.php

» Overcoming Necrotizing Fasciitis, the Flesh-eating Disease
   Includes personal story of surviving the disease and links.
   http://www.flesheatingbacteria.net/

» Patient UK: Necrotising Fasciitis
   Provides information on this bacterial infection, including its epidemiology, presentation, differential diagnosis, investigation, management, prognosis and prevention.
   http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Necrotising-Fasciitis.htm

» Streptococcal Infections: Invasive Group A Strep
   Factsheet from the New York State Department of Health.
   http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/streptococcal/group_a/fact_sheet.htm

» T. S. Bolton's Survivor Story
   Personal account of one man's experience with this disease. Includes a link to graphic pictures of his recovery.
   http://www.nnff.org/survivors/ts_bolton/ts_bolton.htm

» The Lee Spark NF Foundation
   UK support group for people who have been affected by severe streptococal infections or necrotising fasciitis. Includes disease and support group information.
   http://www.nfsuk.org.uk/

» The Merck Manual: Necrotizing Subcutaneous Infections
   Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
   http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec18/ch211/ch211j.html

» eMedicine - Necrotizing Fasciitis
   Article by Michael Maynor, MD.
   http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/784690-overview

» eMedicine - Necrotizing Fasciitis :
   Article by Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH.
   http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1054438-overview