Erschienen in:
01.01.2015 | Letter to the Editor
Cases of death due to serious group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in pregnant females in Japan
verfasst von:
Junichi Hasegawa, Akihiko Sekizawa, Jun Yoshimatsu, Takeshi Murakoshi, Kazuhiro Osato, Tomoaki Ikeda, Isamu Ishiwata
Erschienen in:
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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Ausgabe 1/2015
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Excerpt
Serious group A streptococcal (GAS) infections and its toxic shock syndrome (TSS) are associated with early onset and rapid progression, often resulting in death [
1,
2]. The initial symptoms of a high fever and abdominal or chest pain are characteristics and are attributable to a common cold syndrome or viral infection [
1]. The incidence rate is extremely low, with rates largely between 2 and 4 per 1,00,000 [
3]. However, GAS-TSS is still one of the causes of maternal death. …