Early and Definitive Diagnosis of Toxic Shock Syndrome by Detection
                    of Marked Expansion of T-Cell-Receptor Vβ2-Positive T
                Cells

Matsuda, Yoshio; Kato, Hidehito; Yamada, Ritsuko; Okano, Hiroya; Ohta, Hiroaki; Imanishi, Ken’ichi; Kikuchi, Ken; Totsuka, Kyouichi; Uchiyama, Takehiko

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Early and Definitive Diagnosis of Toxic Shock Syndrome by Detection of Marked Expansion of T-Cell-Receptor Vβ2-Positive T Cells

Published Date:

Mar 2003

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 9(3):387-389.

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Matsuda, Yoshio ; Kato, Hidehito ; Yamada, Ritsuko ; Okano, Hiroya ; Ohta, Hiroaki ; ... More ▼

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Document Type:

Journal Article

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

Description:

We describe two cases of early toxic shock syndrome, caused by the superantigen produced from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and diagnosed on the basis of an expansion of T-cell-receptor VBeta2-positive T cells. One case-patient showed atypical symptoms. Our results indicate that diagnostic systems incorporating laboratory techniques are essential for rapid, definitive diagnosis of toxic shock syndrome.

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