Food poisoning due to a TSST1-producing Staphylococcus aureus

Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a very rare and severe complication of Staphylococcus aureus infections. However, bacteremia is very uncommon in this disease. We present here the case of a healthy 15-year old boy who presented septic shock and diffuse exanthema four hours after eating in a fast food r...

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Autores principales: Goudsmit, Anouk, Markowicz, Samuel, Lali, Salah Eddine, Cherifi, Soraya
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8455654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34584843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01272
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author Goudsmit, Anouk
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Lali, Salah Eddine
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description Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a very rare and severe complication of Staphylococcus aureus infections. However, bacteremia is very uncommon in this disease. We present here the case of a healthy 15-year old boy who presented septic shock and diffuse exanthema four hours after eating in a fast food restaurant. Blood cultures were positive for a TSST-1 producing Staphylococcus aureus. The patient was treated with antibiotics and fully recovered.
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spelling pubmed-84556542021-09-27 Food poisoning due to a TSST1-producing Staphylococcus aureus Goudsmit, Anouk Markowicz, Samuel Lali, Salah Eddine Cherifi, Soraya IDCases Article Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a very rare and severe complication of Staphylococcus aureus infections. However, bacteremia is very uncommon in this disease. We present here the case of a healthy 15-year old boy who presented septic shock and diffuse exanthema four hours after eating in a fast food restaurant. Blood cultures were positive for a TSST-1 producing Staphylococcus aureus. The patient was treated with antibiotics and fully recovered. Elsevier 2021-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8455654/ /pubmed/34584843 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01272 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8455654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34584843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01272
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