Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome: Report of Two Cases
1995
Two Japanese cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) are reported. The first patient was a 45-year-old male who developed necrotizing fasciitis and myositis of the left thigh, refractory hypotension, hepatic dysfunction and acute renal failure; the patient died despite treatment. Streptococcus pyogenes was isolated from the inflamed fascia. The second patient was a 69-year-old female who had coagulopathy, polymyositis and hepatic function abnormality. Streptococcus pyogenes was isolated from blood culture. She was immediately placed on high-dose ampicillin as well as other supportive measures, and she survived.(Internal Medicine 34: 643-645, 1995)
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