Successful treatment of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome – effectiveness of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the rapid antigen group A streptococcus test: a case report

BACKGROUND: Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a group A streptococcus, infection is a rare condition that rapidly progresses to multiple organ failure, shock, and death. It is thus important to promptly establish a diagnosis, provide hemodynamic support, and initia...

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Autores principales: Mizuguchi, Yukio, Taniguchi, Norimasa, Takahashi, Akihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6119299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30170621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1780-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6119299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30170621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1780-2

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