A patient with streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS) caused by Streptococcus
agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) is described. The patient had all of the defining criteria …

Pyrogenic exotoxins A, B, and C produced by group A beta-hemolytic streptococci
(Streptococcus pyogenes) may cause a syndrome characterized by fever, rash …

Since the description by Todd et al.(38) in 1978 of the staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome,
several thousand cases have been reported from all over the world. Staphylococcal toxic …

Toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS) is characterized by hypotension or shock, fever,
multiorgan system involvement, and a concurrent group A streptococcal infection. We …

Toxic shock-like syndrome isolates of group A streptococci were evaluated for production of
pyrogenic exotoxins (also called SPEs, scarlet fever toxins, and erythrogenic toxins). The …

A previously healthy 8-year-old girl presented with flulike symptoms, developed toxic shock-
like syndrome, and died within 48 hours. At autopsy she was found to have purulent …

Two patients with rapidly developing shock, multisystem organ failure, and destructive soft-
tissue infection caused by groups G and C streptococci are described. Both patients died …

The incidence of severe invasive infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a group A
streptococcus (GAS), has increased in the past 10 years. Most cases occur outside of the …

Objective To analyze the clinical and laboratory features of patients diagnosed with
streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in North Yorkshire from 1986 to 1999. Methods …

Severe illness caused by viridans streptococci rarely occurs in immunocompetent hosts.
Between December 1990 and May 1991, thousands of patients in the YangZi River Delta …