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[Toxic shock-like syndrome in two adults caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococci].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 10 Jul 1999
Yuen W, Maartense E, Vreede R W
Abstract excerpt
In two patients, a woman aged 34 and a man aged 38, toxic shock-like syndrome was diagnosed. This is a serious and potentially lethal disease characterized by multiorgan failure, fever, skin lesions and shock and caused by the exotoxin of Streptococcus pyogenes. Both patients had an invasive Lancefield group A beta haemolytic streptococcal infection. The first patient presented with a skin wound at the right knee...
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