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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.
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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
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urn:sha256:eacbd950f3cba6ddc0736467ee9e0b0e44d9e13fa78409114720975e21b1e843
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14053/cdc_14053_DS1.pdf
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