title: Pediatric streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
abstract: Two children who presented with fever, rash, and hypotension were found to have group A beta hemolytic streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. These cases are reported to remind physicians who care for acutely ill children that exotoxin-producing streptococci can produce clinical features and multisystem failure similar to staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Oakland, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California 94609.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Janner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rutherford
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Azimi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005098:Exotoxins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes
chemical_list: D005098:Exotoxins