title: Beta-hemolytic streptococcal erythroderma syndrome: a clinical and pathogenic analysis.
abstract: The syndrome of erythroderma due to beta-hemolytic streptococci is rarely seen and should be distinguished from cellulitis and toxic shock-like syndrome. The authors describe a novel syndrome of nongroup A, beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection truncal erythroderma. The characteristics of this syndrome suggest that local factors were likely operative in the cutaneous manifestations of an exotoxin-associated erythroderma.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. tyner.harmony@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Harmony L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Tyner
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Schlievert
authors.forename: Larry M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Baddour
mesh_terms: D003873:Dermatitis, Exfoliative / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013577:Syndrome