May 16, 2022 Case of the Week

Young man with necrotizing soft tissue infection
Blood culture Gram Stain
Describe the morphology and your differential. What additional confirmatory tests would you order?

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Answer: Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative rods
Streptococcus pyogenes and Proteus mirabilis, detected by direct blood PCR and growth in culture.