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Volume 1, Number 3—July 1995

Synopsis

Streptococcal Toxic-Shock Syndrome: Spectrum of Disease, Pathogenesis, and New Concepts in Treatment

Dennis L. Stevens
Author affiliation: Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle,Washington
Chief, Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boise, Idaho, USA

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Pathogenesis of scarlet fever, bacteremia, and toxic shock syndrome. M-1+SPEA+=aGAS strain that contains M protein type 1 and streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SPEA); + anti-M-1 = the presence of antibody to M protein type 1; -anti-M-1 = the absence of antibody to M protein type 1;anti-SPEA+=antibody to SPEA; and DIC = disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Figure. Pathogenesis of scarlet fever, bacteremia, and toxic shock syndrome. M-1+SPEA+=aGAS strain that contains M protein type 1 and streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SPEA); + anti-M-1 = the presence of antibody to M protein type 1; -anti-M-1 = the absence of antibody to M protein type 1;anti-SPEA+=antibody to SPEA; and DIC = disseminated intravascular coagulation.

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