title: Extreme pyrexia and rapid death due to Staphylococcus aureus infection: analysis of 2 cases.
abstract: We describe unusual Staphylococcus aureus infections in 2 patients. The infections were characterized by extreme pyrexia and rapid death. Both causative organisms produced a deletion mutant form of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 and variant enterotoxin C, which may have caused pyrexia and death.
authors.affiliation: Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
authors.forename: Aristides P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Assimacopoulos
authors.forename: Kristi L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Strandberg
authors.forename: Jessica H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rotschafer
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Schlievert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018089:Superantigens / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004768:Enterotoxins; D018089:Superantigens; C030107:enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal; C034959:enterotoxin C, staphylococcal