| Literature DB >> 19191649 |
Aristides P Assimacopoulos1, Kristi L Strandberg, Jessica H Rotschafer, Patrick M Schlievert.
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We describe unusual Staphylococcus aureus infections in 2 patients. The infections were characterized by extreme pyrexia and rapid death. Both causative organisms produced a deletion mutant form of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 and variant enterotoxin C, which may have caused pyrexia and death.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19191649 PMCID: PMC2771751 DOI: 10.1086/597009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079