title: Fatal case of toxic shock-like syndrome due to group C streptococcus associated with superantigen exotoxin.
abstract: Group C streptococci have been reported to cause invasive disease similar to that classically associated with group A streptococcus (GAS). We describe a fatal case of toxic shock-like syndrome due to Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. The causative organism did not possess any known GAS superantigen exotoxin genes but did show evidence of superantigen production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre 246 Clayton Rd., Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. tony.korman@med.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: Tony M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Korman
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boers
authors.forename: Travis M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Gooding
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Visvanathan
mesh_terms: D005098:Exotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology*; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D018089:Superantigens / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D005098:Exotoxins; D018089:Superantigens