Group B streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an asplenic patient: case report and literature review.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. todd.barton@uphs.upenn.edu
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000601:surgery*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*