Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) has a high mortality rate, and most patients die within a few days of onset. We report an elderly patient with STSS, necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock caused by group G streptococcus who was successfully treated with multidisciplinary therapy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kurachi, Akiko, Ishida, Yusuke, Nakazawa, Koichi, Okada, Toshio, Kishida, Takumi, Uchino, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9850853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6846
_version_ 1784872274770264064
author Kurachi, Akiko
Ishida, Yusuke
Nakazawa, Koichi
Okada, Toshio
Kishida, Takumi
Uchino, Hiroyuki
author_facet Kurachi, Akiko
Ishida, Yusuke
Nakazawa, Koichi
Okada, Toshio
Kishida, Takumi
Uchino, Hiroyuki
author_sort Kurachi, Akiko
collection PubMed
description Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) has a high mortality rate, and most patients die within a few days of onset. We report an elderly patient with STSS, necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock caused by group G streptococcus who was successfully treated with multidisciplinary therapy.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9850853
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-98508532023-01-24 Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report Kurachi, Akiko Ishida, Yusuke Nakazawa, Koichi Okada, Toshio Kishida, Takumi Uchino, Hiroyuki Clin Case Rep Case Report Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) has a high mortality rate, and most patients die within a few days of onset. We report an elderly patient with STSS, necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock caused by group G streptococcus who was successfully treated with multidisciplinary therapy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9850853/ /pubmed/36698511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6846 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kurachi, Akiko
Ishida, Yusuke
Nakazawa, Koichi
Okada, Toshio
Kishida, Takumi
Uchino, Hiroyuki
Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report
title Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report
title_full Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report
title_fullStr Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report
title_short Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report
title_sort necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9850853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6846
work_keys_str_mv AT kurachiakiko necrotizingfasciitisandsepticshockduetostreptococcaltoxicshocksyndromeinanelderlypatientacasereport
AT ishidayusuke necrotizingfasciitisandsepticshockduetostreptococcaltoxicshocksyndromeinanelderlypatientacasereport
AT nakazawakoichi necrotizingfasciitisandsepticshockduetostreptococcaltoxicshocksyndromeinanelderlypatientacasereport
AT okadatoshio necrotizingfasciitisandsepticshockduetostreptococcaltoxicshocksyndromeinanelderlypatientacasereport
AT kishidatakumi necrotizingfasciitisandsepticshockduetostreptococcaltoxicshocksyndromeinanelderlypatientacasereport
AT uchinohiroyuki necrotizingfasciitisandsepticshockduetostreptococcaltoxicshocksyndromeinanelderlypatientacasereport

Ejemplares similares