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Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017
Letter

Group B Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome and covR/S Mutations Revisited

Parham Sendi1, Muad Abd el Hay1, Claudia M. Brandt, and Barbara SpellerbergComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (P. Sendi); University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany (M. Abd el Hay, B. Spellerberg); Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (C. Brandt)

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Table

GBS isolates collected from patients with STSS, showing results of capsular and multilocus sequence typing

Patient no. Isolate no. Patient age Outcome Capsular serotype Sequence type covR/S mutation
1 BSU286 65 y Died II 22 –
2 BSU287 71 y Survived Ia 23 –
3 BSU288 46 y Died V 1 –
4 BSU289 46 y Survived IV 397 –
5 BSU290 43 y Survived V 1 –
6 BSU291 35 y Died III 19 –
7 BSU292 76 y Survived V 1 –
8 BSU293 48 y Survived Ia 23 –
9 BSU294 61 y Died V 1 –
10 BSU295 45 y Survived V 1 –
11 BSU296 63 y Died Ib 8 –
12 BSU297 0 d Survived Ia 23 –
13 BSU298 70 y Survived V 1 –
14 BSU299 60 y Survived V 1 –
15 BSU300 73 y Survived V 1 –
16 BSU301 66 y Died III 17 –
17 BSU302 2 mo Survived III 17 –
18 BSU303 94 y Survived V 23 Yes
19 BSU304 1 mo Died Ia 23 –
20 BSU305 34 y Survived V 1 –
21 BSU306 59 y Survived IV 2 –
22
 BSU307
 79 y
 Died
 Ia
 88
 –
23 (4) BSU865, VS 38 y Survived II 19 –
BSU866, BC
–
 –
 –
24 BSU869 32 y Died Ib 8 –
25
 BSU870
 53 y
 Survived
 Ia
 23
 –
Control (3) BSU871 50 y Survived Ib 8 Yes

*BC, blood culture; GBS, group B Streptococcus; STSS, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome; VS, vaginal swab; –, not found.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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