Two Cases of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus dysagalactiae

Young Sun Suh; Yun-Hong Cheon; Min Kyo Kim; Jong-Hwa Ahn; Sang Su Lee; Min Hee Lim; Byung Hoon Kim; Sunjoo Kim; Myung-Je Cho; In-Gyu Bae

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Suh, Cheon, Kim, Ahn, Lee, Lim, Kim, Kim, Cho, and Bae: Two Cases of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus dysagalactiae

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Infection & Chemotherapy

Infection & Chemotherapy 2011; 43(5): 429-431.

Published online: 31 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2011.43.5.429

Two Cases of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus dysagalactiae

Young Sun Suh¹, Yun-Hong Cheon¹, Min Kyo Kim¹, Jong-Hwa Ahn¹, Sang Su Lee¹, Min Hee Lim¹, Byung Hoon Kim⁵, Sunjoo Kim^2,⁴, Myung-Je Cho^3,⁴, In-Gyu Bae^1,⁴

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

³Department of Microbiology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

⁴Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Korea.

Correspondence to In-Gyu Bae, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, 79 Gangnam-ro, Jinju 660-702, Korea. Tel: +82-55-750-8055, Fax: +82-55-755-9078, ttezebae@gmail.com

Received 24 June 2011 Revised 25 August 2011 Accepted 26 August 2011

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Abstract

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is an acute, progressive illness that manifests with fever, hypotension, and accelerated multi-organ failure. It is usually caused by Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes). STSS due to non-group A streptococci is rare, but its incidence has recently increased. We report here on two cases of STSS caused by Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) and Group G Streptococcus (Streptococcus dysagalactiae).

Keywords: Toxic Shock Syndrome, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus dysagalactiae

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