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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Matsuda, Yoshio; Kato, Hidehito; Yamada, Ritsuko; Okano, Hiroya; Ohta, Hiroaki; ... More +
Matsuda, Yoshio; Kato, Hidehito; Yamada, Ritsuko; Okano, Hiroya; Ohta, Hiroaki; Imanishi, Ken’ichi; Kikuchi, Ken; Totsuka, Kyouichi; Uchiyama, Takehiko; Less -
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.
Subject:
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Adult
Bacterial Toxins
Dispatch
Enterotoxins
Female
Humans
Puerperal Infection
Shock, Septic
Superantigens
T-cell-receptor
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Vβ2-positive T Cells

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 9(3):387-389;
Pubmed ID:
12643839
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC2958545
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:eacbd950f3cba6ddc0736467ee9e0b0e44d9e13fa78409114720975e21b1e843
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