title: Acute peritonitis and salpingitis associated with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Lancefield group G alpha-haemolytic Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis.
abstract: The authors treated a patient for what appears to be the first reported occurrence of acute peritonitis and salpingitis associated with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). This was caused by Lancefield group G alpha-haemolytic Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis TKCH2004-001. The isolate showed M protein type stc36 and carried the spegg gene. To the best of the authors' knowledge, the present report represents the first case of STSS complicating acute peritonitis and salpingitis caused by Lancefield group G alpha-haemolytic S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis.
authors.forename: Toshinobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horii
authors.forename: Sayuri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izumida
authors.forename: Kiyotake
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Nagoya City University School of Nursing, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Toyohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Jinko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.affiliation: Nagoya University School of Health Sciences, 1-1-20 Daiko-minami, Higashi-ku, Nagoya 461-8673, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S