Toxic-shock-like-syndrome due to Streptococcus pneumoniae Sinusitis

We describe a patient with Streptococcus pneumoniae sinusitis associated with a severe sepsis syndrome and desquamative rash whose clinical illness strongly resembled toxic-shock syndrome. Assay of convalescent serum for antibodies to toxic-shock syndrome toxin 1 was negative. This case suggests the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1999, Vol.31 (5), p.509-510
Hauptverfasser:	FRIEDSTROM, S. R, AWAD, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Pneumococcal Infections - diagnosis Pneumococcal Infections - physiopathology Shock, Septic - diagnosis Shock, Septic - etiology Sinusitis - complications Sinusitis - microbiology Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - diagnosis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - etiology Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe a patient with Streptococcus pneumoniae sinusitis associated with a severe sepsis syndrome and desquamative rash whose clinical illness strongly resembled toxic-shock syndrome. Assay of convalescent serum for antibodies to toxic-shock syndrome toxin 1 was negative. This case suggests the possibility of an additional bacterial pathogen associated with toxic-shock syndrome.
ISSN:	0036-5548 1651-1980
DOI:	10.1080/00365549950164076