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

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 Vβ2-positive T cells. One case-patient showed atypical symptoms. Our results indicate that diagnosti...

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Autores principales: Matsuda, Yoshio, Kato, Hidehito, Yamada, Ritsuko, Okano, Hiroya, Ohta, Hiroaki, Imanishi, Ken’ichi, Kikuchi, Ken, Totsuka, Kyouichi, Uchiyama, Takehiko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12643839
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020360
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Sumario: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 Vβ2-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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