FATAL GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS AND TOXIC SHOCK-LIKE SYNDROME - CASE-REPORT

Authors
JEVON GP DUNNE WM HAWKINS HK ARMSTRONG DL MUSSER JM
Citation
Gp. Jevon et al., FATAL GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS AND TOXIC SHOCK-LIKE SYNDROME - CASE-REPORT, Clinical infectious diseases, 18(1), 1994, pp. 91-93
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
18
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
91 - 93
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1994)18:1<91:FGASMA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A previously healthy 8-year-old girl presented with flulike symptoms, developed toxic shocklike syndrome, and died within 48 hours. At autop sy she was found to have purulent meningitis. The group A P-hemolytic streptococcus isolated from her CSF was a member of clone ET 2. This s train produced a variant form of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (S PEA2) that has recently been associated with widespread toxic shock-li ke syndrome.