Group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome with extremely aggressive course in the third trimester

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 852-855

  Sugiyama, Takashi ^a   Kobayashi, Takumi ^a   Nagao, Kenji ^a   Hatada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Wada, Hideo ^a   Sagawa, Norimasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GAS; group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; D DIMER; DOPAMINE; EXOTOXIN; FLOMOXEF; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; UREA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALOSIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EYE JAUNDICE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FEVER; FILTRATION; GENITAL BLEEDING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG INFILTRATE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OLIGURIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PURPURA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FATALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77954916309     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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