title: Evidence of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by MRSA in a mother-newborn pair.
abstract: A neonate and his mother presented with fever and erythroderma. The mother met full diagnostic criteria for staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome, whereas the neonate lacked hypotension and multiorgan dysfunction. A wound culture from the neonate's circumcision site grew methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus containing the tst gene. This provides evidence of the first reported case of toxic shock syndrome caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a mother-newborn pair.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Christina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rostad
authors.forename: Rebecca Pass
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Philipsborn
authors.forename: Frank E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Berkowitz
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009035:Mothers; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018089:Superantigens / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D018089:Superantigens; C030107:enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal