| Literature DB >> 19911998 |
Chandy C John1, Micah Niermann, Bazak Sharon, Marnie L Peterson, David M Kranz, Patrick M Schlievert.
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Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) has rarely been reported without rash and desquamation. This study describes a patient who met all criteria for TSS except erythroderma and desquamation. The associated staphylococcal superantigen was enterotoxin B. We demonstrate that erythroderma depends on preexisting T cell hypersensitivity amplified by superantigenicity.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19911998 PMCID: PMC2787872 DOI: 10.1086/648441
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079