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Review of the medical and laboratory records was conducted of all patients who were seen at or admitted to the Children\u2019s Hospital of Wisconsin with the diagnosis of LS and\/or isolation of F necrophorum from a clinical specimen between January 1995 and January 2002.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results. During the 7-year period of the study, there was an increase in the isolation of F necrophorum from patients who were seen at Children\u2019s Hospital of Wisconsin, as well as the number of cases of LS. There was 1 isolation of F necrophorum from clinical specimens per year from 1996 to 1999, which increased to 10 isolates of the organism from January 2000 to January 2002. During the most recent period, January 2001\u2013January 2002, 5 cases of LS were diagnosed, a distinctive entity not recognized previously at the institution.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions. The cause for the recent increase in the number of serious infections caused by F necrophorum infection diagnosed at our institution is unclear but does not seem to be related to changes in microbiologic techniques or patient demography. We speculate that it could be attributable, in part, to alterations in antibiotic usage patterns in our region. 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