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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in the intensive care unit

Annals of Intensive Care, 2018
The streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is a severe complication associated with invasive infections by group A streptococci. In spite of medical progresses in the care of patients with septic shock during the last decades, this condition has remained ...
Marylin Schmitz, Xavier Roux, Benedikt Huttner, Jérôme Pugin   +3 more
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Etiological Profile and Treatment Outcome of Epistaxis at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Prospective Review of 104 Cases. [PDF]

, 2011
Epistaxis is the commonest otolaryngological emergency affecting up to 60% of the population in their lifetime, with 6% requiring medical attention. There is paucity of published data regarding the management of epistaxis in Tanzania, especially the ...
A Daudia, Abhay-Gupta, AK Nemer, B Feusi, C Huang, C Yueng-Hsiang, CM Nash, D Biswas, DJ Pallin, F Pond, GTA Ijaduola, I Kaygusuz, JAE Eziyi, Japhet M Gilyoma, JS Rodney, KR Iseh, LER Pope, LH Wurman, M Bernius, MS Awan, N Umapathy, NC Mgbor, OV Akinpelu, Phillipo L Chalya, PJ Andersen, R Urvashi, S Chaiyasate, S Varshney, SH Ciaran, TWM Walker   +29 more
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Toxic shock syndrome

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1988
In the past 10 years, we have learned much about TSS and S. aureus and its toxins. A number of important biologic principles have been reemphasized in this first decade of TSS research: S. aureus is a very complex organism, one not likely to yield quick answers; in vitro observations must always be confirmed in the patient; animal models may not always
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Biofilm formation among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with urinary tract infection. [PDF]

, 2004
Staphylococci have been confirmed to form biofilms on various biomaterials. The purpose of this study was to investigate biofilm formation among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from patients with urinary tract infection (UTI ...
Ando, Eiichi, Kariyama, Reiko, Kumon, Hiromi, Mitsuhata, Ritsuko, Monden, Koichi   +4 more
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Role of CD44 and its v7 isoform in staphylococcal enterotoxin B-induced toxic shock : CD44 deficiency on hepatic mononuclear cells leads to reduced activation-induced apoptosis that results in increased liver damage [PDF]

, 2005
Exposure to bacterial superantigens such as staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) leads to the induction of toxic shock syndrome which results in multiorgan failure, including liver damage.
McKallip, R. J., Fisher, M., Gunthert, U., Szakal, A. K., Nagarkatti, P. S., Nagarkatti, M.   +5 more
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Interaction of Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 and Enterotoxin A on T Cell Proliferation and TNFα Secretion in Human Blood Mononuclear Cells

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999
BACKGROUND: The majority of menstrual toxic shock syndrome (MTSS) cases are caused by a single clone of Staphylococcus aureus that produces both toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) and staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA).
Monica L De Boer, Winnie WS Kum, Anthony W Chow   +2 more
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Waterhouse friderichsen syndrome in a case of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2016
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare and potentially fatal multi system dysfunction. The syndrome occurs primarily due to TSS Toxin-1 (TSS-1) liberated by Staphylococcus aureus (SA).
Devdeep Mukherjee, Prabhas Prasun Giri, Suman Poddar   +2 more
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Toxic shock syndrome

Primary Care Update for OB/GYNS, 2000
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an acute febrile illness accompanied by watery diarrhea, sunburn rash, vomiting, hypotension, and multiple organ involvement. When it was initially recognized 20 years ago, TSS was primarily associated with menstruation. Since then, the frequency of menstrual TSS has decreased dramatically.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA ( host institution ), Reiss, Martina Afshar ( author )   +1 more
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Use of Hemadsorption in a Case of Pediatric Toxic Shock Syndrome

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2017
Background. Toxic shock syndrome is a potentially fatal toxin-mediated disease. The role of toxins in this clinical entity made us hypothesize that extracorporeal blood purification with CytoSorb® could play a beneficial role in the clinical management ...
Andrea Berkes, Edit Szikszay, János Kappelmayer, Adrienne Kerényi, Tamás Szabó, László Ujhelyi, Krisztina Bari, György Balla, József Balla   +8 more
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Síndrome do choque tóxico por Streptococcus pyogenes.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2011
Recently there has been an exponential increase in invasive infections caused by Streptococcus ß hemolyticus group A. In about one third of cases they are complicated by toxic shock syndrome, characterized by septic shock and multiorgan failure.
Rui Antunes, Marco Diogo, Alexandre Carvalho, Teresa Pimentel, José Oliveira   +4 more
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