Clinical and bacteriologic investigation of invasive streptococcal infections in Japan on the basis of serotypes, toxin production, and genomic DNA fingerprints

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 260-266

  Nakashima, Kazumitsu ^b   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^a   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^b   Hasegawa, Yoshinori ^b   Ohta, Michio ^b   Ooe, Kenji ^b   Shimizu, Yoshikata ^b   Igarashi, Hideo ^b   Murai, Teiko ^b   Shimokata, Kaoru ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 16944363564     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514543     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Cone LA, Woodard DR, Schlievert PM, Tomory GS. Clinical and bacteriologic observations of a toxic shock-like syndrome due to Streptococcus pyogenes. N Engl J Med 1987;317:146-9.
2. Stevens DL, Tanner MH, Winship J, et al. Severe group A streptococcal infections associated with a toxic shock-like syndrome and scarlet fever toxin A. N Engl J Med 1989;321:1-7.
3. Lersch C, Gain T, von Siemens M, Hagenmüller F, Classen M. Toxic shock-like syndrome due to severe hemolytic group A streptococcal infection. Klin Wochenschr 1990;68:523-5.
4. Dotters DJ, Katz VL. Streptococcal toxic shock associated with septic abortion. Obstet Gynecol 1991;78:549-51.
5. Snabes MC, Martens MG. A severe puerperal group A streptococcal infection causing a toxic shock-like syndrome. Int J Gynecol Obstet 1993; 40:245-8.
6. The Working Group on Severe Streptococcal Infections. Defining the group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: rationale and consensus definition. JAMA 1993;269:390-1.