Severe group A streptococcal infections associated with a toxic shock-like syndrome and scarlet fever toxin A

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1989
There is concern that group A streptococci, which have caused less serious infections in developed countries in recent decades, may be acquiring greater virulence. We describe 20 patients from the Rocky Mountain region who had group A streptococcal infections from 1986 to 1988 that were remarkable f …
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Authors Stevens DL;Tanner MH;Winship J;Swarts R;Ries KM;Schlievert PM;Kaplan E;;
Journal The New England journal of medicine
Year 1989
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2659990
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't u.s. gov't non-p.h.s. adult female male middle aged P.H.S. necrosis streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification serotyping streptococcal infections / epidemiology* virulence pmid:2659990 doi:10.1056/nejm198907063210101 d l stevens m h tanner e kaplan bacterial proteins* exotoxins / biosynthesis* fasciitis / etiology idaho membrane proteins* myositis / etiology nevada pyrogens / biosynthesis* shock septic / epidemiology* streptococcal infections / mortality streptococcus pyogenes / metabolism streptococcus pyogenes / pathogenicity* utah

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