Toxic Shock
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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Nasal Immunity to Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Is Controlled by the Nasopharynx-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
... Though a growing number of reports have described the NALT as highly responsive to aerosolized antigens and adju- vants affecting local mucosal immune responses (23, 38, 50, 51), most conclude that the NALT alone is not ...
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Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia and toxic shock syndrome related to Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection: a case report
... and toxic shock is described for the first ...or toxic shock of no clear source as well as in symptomatic patients with chronic or intermittent eosinophilia, even without any epidemiological ...
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Prevalence of Exfoliative and Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin Genes in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimens in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
... Enterotoxins, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1(TSST-1), exfoliative toxin (ET), haemolysins and coagulase are among various virulence factors produced by ...in toxic shock syndrome (TSS), ...
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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 ...septic ...
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Competitive, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for toxic shock syndrome toxin 1
... We developed a competitive, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitation of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 TSST-1.. Polyvalent immunoglobulin G from immunized rabbits was used as[r] ...
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Characterization of the hemolytic activity of Staphylococcus aureus strains associated with toxic shock syndrome
... The hemolytic activity of 32 vaginal isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from patients with typical toxic shock syndrome TSS was contrasted with that of 50 vaginal isolates from patients w[r] ...
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Rapid screening assay for toxic shock syndrome toxin production by Staphylococcus aureus
... A rapid immunoblot assay TST-blot was developed and used to screen Staphylococcus aureus isolates for toxic shock syndrome toxin TST production.. Growth from an 18-h stab inoculum of S.[r] ...
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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
... Menstrual toxic shock syndrome (mTSS) is thought to be associated with colonization with toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1)-producing Staphylococcus aureus in women with insufficient ...
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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
... Case presentation: We report the case of a 45-year-old Japanese woman who on receiving chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer developed an altered mental status and dysarthria soon after fever from infection of a ...
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A Family Cluster of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome in Children: Clinical Implication and Epidemiological Investigation
... We describe a family cluster of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) in- volving 3 children and present the results of an epidemi- ologic investigation.. Patients and Methods.[r] ...
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Persistence survey of Toxic Shock Syndrome toxin 1 producing Staphylococcus aureusand serum antibodies to this superantigen in five groups of menstruating women
... Serum IgG levels against TSST-1 has also been found to be higher in persistent carriers than in non-carriers of S. aureus [42]. From these findings, it appears that antibody titers in women found to be colonized with ...
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Production of gamma hemolysin and lack of production of alpha hemolysin by Staphylococcus aureus strains associated with toxic shock syndrome
... The hemolytic activity of toxic shock syndrome isolates of Staphylococcus aureus is enhanced when agarose is substituted for agar in blood plates or when strains are grown in liquid cult[r] ...
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Serum antibodies to enterotoxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus with special reference to enterotoxin F and toxic shock syndrome
... The presence of antibodies to staphylococcal enterotoxins enterotoxins A through F in sera of healthy subjects n = 567 and in sera of patients with toxic shock syndrome n = 20 was determ[r] ...
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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
... Two categories of MRSA had previously been recognized in France. The first comprises hospital strains (H-MRSA) that can potentially spread into the community, giving rise to infec- tions in patients with risk factors ...
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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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Characterization of Group C and G Streptococcal Strains That Cause Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
... tively) that caused streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) were collected and characterized. Eleven strains were identified as Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, and one strain was identified ...
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Induction of human interleukin 1 by a product of Staphylococcus aureus associated with toxic shock syndrome
... with toxic shock syndrome elaborate material that induces human blood monocytes to secrete interleukin-1 ...from toxic shock syndrome (TSS)-associated strains cause biphasic fever in rabbits ...
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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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Streptococcus Toxic Shock Syndrome Due to Non Haemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes
... (85%), hypotensive, febrile, with slightly distended and tympanic abdomen, reduced bowel sounds, and diffuse erythematous rash with conjunctival injection. He was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit with a presumed ...
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