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Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome in the United Kingdom

Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) was originally described in menstruating women and linked to TSS toxin 1 (TSST-1)–producing Staphylococcus aureus. Using UK national surveillance data, we ascertained clinical, molecular and superantigenic characteristics of TSS cases. Average annual TSS inc...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Hema, Smith, Debra, Turner, Claire E., Game, Laurence, Pichon, Bruno, Hope, Russell, Hill, Robert, Kearns, Angela, Sriskandan, Shiranee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350159
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170606