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Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Induced by Group A Streptococcus with the emm28 Genotype That Developed after a Uterine Cancer Test.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Nov 2021
Yamaba Yusuke, Takakuwa Osamu, Ida Chiaki, Saito Manami, Kawae Daisuke, Yoshihara Misuzu, Kunii Eiji, Imaeda Kenro, Tatsuno Ichiro, Hasegawa Tadao, Akita Kenji
Abstract excerpt
A 69-year-old woman without pre-existing disease visited our hospital due to general malaise, diarrhea, and arthralgia 3 days after a uterine cancer test. We diagnosed her with sepsis of unknown focus and started treatment immediately, but she died 20 hours after the first visit due to multi-organ failure and septic shock. Later, group A streptococcus was detected from the blood culture, and streptococcal toxic...
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