Acute peritonitis and salpingitis associated with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Lancefield group G alpha-haemolytic Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis
Horii, T.; Izumida, S.; Takeuchi, K.; Tada, T.; Ishikawa, J.; Tsuboi, K.
Journal of Medical Microbiology 55(Pt 7): 953-956
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-2615
PMID: 16772425
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46507-0
Accession: 011728125
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 (STS,S). 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.
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