Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
Surviving streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a case report
... Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome and associated myositis caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus pyogenes generally have a poor outcome despite aggressive operative ...a toxic ...
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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in the intensive care unit
... The streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is a severe complication associated with invasive infections by group A ...septic shock during the last decades, this condition has remained ...
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Case Report Group A Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome after a Routine Gynecological Procedure
... cited. Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is a life-threatening illness mainly caused by invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) ...septic shock, especially with gastroenteritis ...
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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis in breast cancer related lymphedema: a case report
... Case presentation: An 83-year-old Japanese woman with breast cancer-related lymphedema in her left upper limb was referred to our hospital with high fever and acute pain with erythema in her left arm. She showed septic ...
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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
... Background: Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a group A streptococcus, infection is a rare condition that rapidly progresses to multiple organ failure, ...
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Characterization of Group C and G Streptococcal Strains That Cause Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
... zooepidemicus belongs to only group C. While S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis colonizes and causes various infections in humans (51, 53), S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus is a common pathogen in domestic animals and causes ...
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A Family Cluster of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome in Children: Clinical Implication and Epidemiological Investigation
... During a 16-day period, 3 children in an extended family developed STSS. Cases 2 and 3 are siblings and are also cousins of the index case. The interval between the onset of diseases was 7 and 9 days, respectively. All 3 ...
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Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia and toxic shock syndrome related to Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection: a case report
... Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection may be compli- cated with bloodstream infection of bacteria originating from the intestinal tract or the skin. The bacteria that are typically recovered are Enterobacteriaceae, ...
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Streptococcus suis Related Prosthetic Joint Infection and Streptococcal Toxic Shock Like Syndrome in a Pig Farmer in the United States
... Streptococcus suis-Related Prosthetic Joint Infection and Streptococcal Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in a Pig Farmer in the United States Eric Gomez, a Cassie C. Kennedy, b Marcelo Gottschalk, c ...
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Major Outbreak of Toxic Shock Like Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus mitis
... Approximately half of the cases developed complications characteristic of streptococcal toxic shock-like syn- drome (TSLS). Throat cultures yielded predominant growth of alpha-hemolytic streptococci. ...
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Toxic shock and mortality in a dialysis patient
... and Streptococcal infections are a matter of serious concern in the dialysis population especially those having tunnel catheter ...Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is an uncommon but ...
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Molecular analysis of pyrogenic exotoxins from Streptococcus pyogenes isolates associated with toxic shock like syndrome
... We conclude that the pyrogenic exotoxin type A gene is associated with group A streptococcal strains isolated from patients with TSLS and may play a causative role in this illness.. Howe[r] ...
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Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Evaluation and Antibiotic Impact in a Transgenic Model of Staphylococcal Soft Tissue Infection
... of streptococcal TSS, and in vivo evaluations of the effects of protein synthesis inhibitors in rabbit models of pneumonia using Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing ...
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Probable Toxic Shock Syndrome Without Shock and Multisystem Involvement
... Three menstruating adolescents using tam- pons colonized with Staphylococcus aureus developed high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain fol-.. lowed by conjunctival injection an[r] ...
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Toxic Shock Syndrome— Scientific Uncertainty and the Public Media
... Todd J, Fishaut M, Kapral F, et al: Toxic shock syndrome associated with phage group I staphylococci. Davis JP, Chesney PJ, Wand PJ, et al: Toxic shock syn- drome: Epidemiologic features[r] ...
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Toxic Shock Syndrome in Children Aged 10 Years or Less
... Toxic shock syndrome in these children was similar to published descriptions of toxic shock syn- drome in series of adult patients, except that, as a group, the children had a greater in[r] ...
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Rapid Regulatory and Effector Immune Responses in Toxic Shock Syndrome
... Invariant NKT Cells are Pathogenic in the HLA-DR4-Transgenic Humanized Mouse Model of Toxic Shock Syndrome and Can Be Targeted to Reduce Morbidity ..... 122.[r] ...
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RS3PE syndrome developing during the course of probable toxic shock syndrome: a case report
... Case presentation: An 85-year-old man visited our department with a rash that had appeared 2 days earlier and a fever that had developed on the day of his visit. Based on clinical findings of fever, erythema exudativum ...
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Streptococcus Toxic Shock Syndrome Due to Non Haemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes
... ABSTRACT Aim: Describe the detection of an unusual pathogen associated with a common clinical presentation with abrupt worsening. Case Presentation: We present the case of a 36-year-old Peruvian male who presented to the ...
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Competitive, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for toxic shock syndrome toxin 1
... Association of high levels of serum antibody to staphylococcal toxic shock antigen with nasal carriage of toxic shock antigen-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Detecting the[r] ...
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