What Is Toxic Shock Syndrome? By Dr. Staci Tanouye OB/GYN, MD Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare, life-threatening but preventable infection that can occur in both females and males of any age. Most people experiencing periods have been warned of TSS at some point in their lives. It...
The severity of the infection in humans during the outbreak, such as clinical signs of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, attracted much attention from the scientific community and the public press. This two-part review will focus on this organism and the infections it causes, highlighting the ...
If strep throat is not treated, possible complications include meningitis (brain infection), rheumatic fever, pneumonia, middle ear infections, toxic shock syndrome. Learn how to prevent the complications of strep throat.
Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of staph infections (Staphylococcus aureus) before they become dangerous Staphylococcus infection complications like endocarditis or toxic shock syndrome. Strep Throat Quiz Take the Strep (Streptococcal) Throat Infection Quiz to learn about causes, symptoms,...
However, Group A Streptococcus can sometimes develop into invasive infections that put patients' lives at risk, such asnecrotizing fasciitis,septicemia(blood poisoning) andstreptococcal toxic shock syndrome. To generate this wide range of diseases in different parts of the body, the organism has severa...
Group A Strep (GAS) is a common bacteria which lives on our skin and often in our throats. It can cause different types of infections, most often strep throat. Rarely, it can cause severe infections like streptococcal toxic shock syndrome ornecrotizing fasciitis, a rare bacterial infection. ...
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is a very rare and severe form of group A streptococcal infection whose clinical characteristics, therapy, morbid... Antonio,Rodríguez-Nuñez,Silvia,... - 《European Journal of Pediatrics》 被引量: 27发表: 2011年 Sequential Organ Failure Assessment predi...
Streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome(TSLS), which is now also called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome(STSS) has, however, become an important disease because it causes severe life-threatening clinical symptoms. Several reports have described STSS during pregnancy. Although a number of GAS ...
A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 (adam17) and epidermal growth factor receptor (egfr) signaling drive the epithelial response to staphylococcus aureus toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (tsst-1). J. Biol. Chem. 2012, 287, 32578–32587. [CrossRef] [PubMed] 144. Gomez, M.I.; Seaghdha, ...
Abbreviations SDSE: Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis, Streptococcus group C or G SDSD: Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae STSS: Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome GBS: Group B Streptococci BMI: Body mass index NICU: Neonatal intensive care unit. Prevalence and Clinical Signifi...