Infection: Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Evaluation and Antibiotic Impact in a Transgenic Model of Staphylococcal Soft Tissue Infection
... Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a life-threatening illness causing fever, rash, and shock, attributed to toxins produced by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, mainly ...
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Successful treatment of out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome – effectiveness of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the rapid antigen group A streptococcus test: a case report
... Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a group A streptococcus, infection is a rare condition that rapidly progresses to multiple organ failure, shock, and ...
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Clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion caused by methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia with toxic shock syndrome: a case report
... post- infection encephalopathy ...encephalopathy syndrome, diffuse axonal injury, multiple sclerosis, hydrocephalus, Marchiafava-Bignami disease, lymph- oma, and extrapontine myelinolysis ...
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Foot Infection by Clostridium sordellii: Case Report and Review of 15 Cases in France
... sordellii toxic infections in sheep and lambs most often result in sudden death, in which no characteristic postmortem abnormalities are ...of infection, consists of a rapid and fatal toxic ...
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Streptococcus Toxic Shock Syndrome Due to Non Haemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes
... diagnostic performance study. Paolucci et al. reported the first isolation in 2012 while analyzing a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (SeptiFast) for early detection of bloodstream infection in ...
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A Family Cluster of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome in Children: Clinical Implication and Epidemiological Investigation
... At 11 months of age, she developed symptoms consistent with a viral gastroenteritis including vomiting and diarrhea. She re- portedly had adequate fluid intake and urinary output. Prometh- azine suppositories were ...
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Characterization of Group C and G Streptococcal Strains That Cause Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
... In the present study we collected and characterized GCS and GGS strains that caused STSS. We determined the 16S rRNA gene (rDNA) sequences of these strains for identifica- tion of the species, since the 16S rDNA is ...
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RS3PE syndrome developing during the course of probable toxic shock syndrome: a case report
... and infection, tuberculosis, parvovirus B19, Streptobacillus moniliformis , Escherichia coli , Cam- pylobacter jejuni , and Mycoplasma pneumoniae have all been listed as infections related to RS3PE syn- drome [14 ...
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Prevalence of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Producing Staphylococcus aureus and the Presence of Antibodies to This Superantigen in Menstruating Women
... an infection of the genitals within the past 6 weeks; had been medically diagnosed as having diabetes, kidney failure, hepatitis, AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus posi- tive), or toxic shock ...
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Detection of New Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Containing the Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Gene Responsible for Hospital and Community Acquired Infections in France
... Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen in both hospitals and the community. The first methicillin-resis- tant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates were detected in the hospital setting in the early 1960s. A number of ...
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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in the intensive care unit
... of infection [27, ...and/or shock, surgery should be considered without delay to evaluate the possibility of a necrotiz- ing fasciitis, and surgical debridement with opening of the muscular fascias in cases ...
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Epidemiologic Analysis of Invasive and Noninvasive Group A Streptococcal Isolates in Hong Kong
... fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, meningitis, or other type of bacteremic sepsis (invasive group, n ⴝ 24) as well as from individuals with minor skin and throat infections (noninvasive group, n ⴝ 83) ...
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Surviving streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a case report
... the infection, the initial approach to the diag- nosis, antimicrobial treatment, and decision to use opera- tive management are similar for all forms and are more important than determining the specific ...septic ...
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Necrotizing fasciitis following primary peritonitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes with covS mutation in a healthy woman: a case report
... streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) from an ascending infection originating from the vagina, 9% of patients developed it from a droplet infection, 6% of patients developed it from ...
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Streptococcus suis Related Prosthetic Joint Infection and Streptococcal Toxic Shock Like Syndrome in a Pig Farmer in the United States
... suis infection in humans was reported in Den- mark ...of infection, especially in Southeast Asia, where outbreaks have occurred (9, 10), and it has become the leading cause of bacterial meningitis ...
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Major Outbreak of Toxic Shock Like Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus mitis
... endovascular infection such as subacute bacterial endocarditis, the affected patients are often not severely ill ...distress syndrome, and shock in neutropenic hosts (9, 13, ...tract infection ...
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Infection, Sepsis, and Shock
... encephalopathy syndrome; C, cerebellum; T, temporal lobe/inferior temporal-occipital junction; O, occipital lobe; P, parietal region; F, frontal lobes; bs, brain stem including medulla and pons; mb, midbrain; t, ...
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Streptococcus pyogenes-purpura fulminans as an invasive form of group A streptococcal infection
... with shock and multiorgan ...[21]. Shock and coagulopathy was the hallmark of the disease onset, and half of them were previously healthy ...GAS infection heralded by septic ...
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Detection of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus isolates in domestic dairy products
... Use of PCR to detect classical enterotoxin genes and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 gene in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from crude milk and. determination of tox[r] ...
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Molecular analysis of pyrogenic exotoxins from Streptococcus pyogenes isolates associated with toxic shock like syndrome
... This group includes the staphylococcal enterotoxin serotypes A to E SEA to SEE, the staphylococcal pyrogenic exotoxins A and B, toxic shock syndrome toxin type 1 TSST-1, and the streptoc[r] ...
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