Multisystemic Involvement: Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome

Am J Med. 2020 Nov;133(11):1283-1286. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.02.050. Epub 2020 Apr 8.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis
  • Abscess / metabolism
  • Abscess / physiopathology
  • Abscess / therapy
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / metabolism
  • Arthritis, Infectious / physiopathology
  • Arthritis, Infectious / therapy
  • Arthrocentesis
  • Blood Culture
  • C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
  • Debridement
  • Dermatitis, Exfoliative
  • Drainage
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / therapy
  • Humans
  • Hyperemia
  • Hypotension / physiopathology
  • Hypotension / therapy
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
  • Knee Joint
  • Myositis / diagnosis*
  • Myositis / metabolism
  • Myositis / physiopathology
  • Myositis / therapy
  • Norepinephrine / therapeutic use
  • Oropharynx
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / physiopathology
  • Procalcitonin / metabolism
  • Shock, Septic / diagnosis*
  • Shock, Septic / metabolism
  • Shock, Septic / physiopathology
  • Shock, Septic / therapy
  • Shoulder
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / metabolism
  • Streptococcal Infections / physiopathology
  • Streptococcal Infections / therapy
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification
  • Synovial Fluid
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tongue
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Procalcitonin
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Norepinephrine