Streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome: the importance of surgical intervention

TF Wood, MA Potter, O Jonasson - Annals of surgery, 1993 - journals.lww.com
… The sites of streptococcal infection associated with the development of the … Since 1985, we
have treated six patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. One of these patients, case …

Two cases of delayed diagnosis of postpartal streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

W Schummer, C Schummer - Infectious diseases in obstetrics …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
infection is the streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS), characterized by the sudden onset
of septic shock … isolation of group A β-hemolytic streptococci (GAS) from a normally sterile …

Management of invasive group A streptococcal infections

CS Waddington, TL Snelling, JR Carapetis - Journal of Infection, 2014 - Elsevier
… (GAS) disease in children includes deep soft tissue infection, … infection by triggering an
overwhelming systemic inflammatory response, referred to as streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

Invasive group A streptococcal infection: new concepts in antibiotic treatment

DL Stevens, AE Bryant, S Yan - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 1994 - Elsevier
… group A streptococcal infection and the streptococcal toxic shock syndrome has increased
… toxic shock syndrome (StrepTSS) (Table 1) [8]. Although StrepTSS has been described in …

Staphylococcal and streptococcal pyrogenic toxins involved in toxic shock syndrome and related illnesses

GA Bohach, DJ Fast, RD Nelson… - Critical reviews in …, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
… al.224 reported streptococcal TSS in several patients. This illness, possibly a severe form of
scarlet fever, is now recognized as associated with group A streptococcal infections of nearly …

Staphylococcal and streptococcal infections

E Török, N Day - Medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome can be defined as any streptococcal infection associated
with sudden onset of shock (systolic blood pressure ≤ 90 mm Hg) and multi-organ failure (…

Fatal group A streptococcal infection with toxic shock syndrome: complicating minor orthopedic trauma

WJ Mills, MF Swiontkowski - Journal of orthopaedic trauma, 1996 - journals.lww.com
… Since 1987, reports have appeared of a streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in … A
streptococcal infections complicated by toxic shock syndrome. The manifestations of this syndrome

Use of intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of staphylococcal and streptococcal toxic shock syndromes and related illnesses

PM Schlievert - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2001 - Elsevier
… can result from nearly any type of streptococcal infection. The most common route of infection
appears to be wounds, although the route of infection cannot be determined in many cases…

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome revealed by a peritonitis

Vuilleumier, Halkic - Swiss surgery, 2001 - econtent.hogrefe.com
… Necrotizing group A Streptococcal infections associated with streptococcal toxic schock
syndrome. Am J Surg 1996; 172:523–528. 11 Stevens DL, Bryant AE, Hackett SP. …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial phenotype variants in group B streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

P Sendi, L Johansson, S Dahesh… - Emerging infectious …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus. We report a case of GBS necrotizing fasciitis and toxic
shock syndrome … bacterium from the tissue site of infection. Genetic and functional analysis …