Pediatric streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
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.
Janner
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Children's Hospital of Oakland, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California 94609.
Rutherford
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Azimi
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005098:Exotoxins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes
D005098:Exotoxins