Group A Streptococcal Peritonitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Postmenopausal Woman

We herein report the case of a 66-year-old woman presenting with symptoms of gastroenteritis. Computed tomography showed small-bowel dilation without ischemic signs. After admission, she went into shock and was treated for sepsis of unknown origin. She was later diagnosed with group A streptococcal...

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Autores principales: Iwata, Yuri, Iwase, Shigeru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28824068
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8552-16
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description We herein report the case of a 66-year-old woman presenting with symptoms of gastroenteritis. Computed tomography showed small-bowel dilation without ischemic signs. After admission, she went into shock and was treated for sepsis of unknown origin. She was later diagnosed with group A streptococcal peritonitis due to an ascending vaginal infection. This case highlights the importance of considering Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection as a cause of peritonitis in postmenopausal women.
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spelling pubmed-56431862017-10-18 Group A Streptococcal Peritonitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Postmenopausal Woman Iwata, Yuri Iwase, Shigeru Intern Med Case Report We herein report the case of a 66-year-old woman presenting with symptoms of gastroenteritis. Computed tomography showed small-bowel dilation without ischemic signs. After admission, she went into shock and was treated for sepsis of unknown origin. She was later diagnosed with group A streptococcal peritonitis due to an ascending vaginal infection. This case highlights the importance of considering Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection as a cause of peritonitis in postmenopausal women. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017-08-21 2017-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5643186/ /pubmed/28824068 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8552-16 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643186/
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