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Major outbreak of toxic shock-like syndrome caused by Streptococcus mitis.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2003

Lu Hong-Zhou, Weng Xin-Hua, Zhu Bai, Li Haijing, Yin You-Kuan, Zhang Yong-Xin, Haas David W, Tang Yi-Wei

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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 area of Jiangsu Province, China, suffered from scarlet fever-like pharyngitis. Fewer cases occurred in subsequent years with the same seasonality. Approximately half of the cases developed complications characteristic of streptococcal toxic...

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PMID: 12843042
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3051-3055.2003
PMCID: PMC165286

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