Fatal Group A Streptococcal Meningitis and Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome: Case Report
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 18 (1) , 91-93
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/18.1.91
Abstract
A previously healthy 8-year-old girl presented with flulike symptoms, developed toxic shock-like syndrome, and died within 48 hours. At autopsy she was found to have purulent meningitis. The group A β-hemolytic streptococcus isolated from her CSF was a member of clone ET 2. This strain produced a variant form of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SPEA2) that has recently been associated with widespread toxic shock-like syndrome.Keywords
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