Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

Filip Waśniewski; Bartosz Skulimowski; Marcin Bursy; Piotr Nogal; Piotr Dąbrowski

doi:10.5114/ahns.2024.144430

eISSN: 2084-9842
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Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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Case report

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

Filip Waśniewski

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Bartosz Skulimowski

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,

Marcin Bursy

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,

Piotr Nogal

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Piotr Dąbrowski

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Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2024; 23 (46): 16–20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ahns.2024.144430

Online publish date: 2024/11/08

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Streptococcus pyogenes is a bacterium responsible for many human diseases of varying severity and frequency. The most common conditions include acute pharyngitis and tonsillitis or otitis media, while some patients develop very severe forms of streptococcal infections, which are referred to as invasive. One of these diseases is streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). It is a life-threatening condition with severe, therapy-resistant hypotension and multi-organ failure. In this paper, we present a case of a patient who developed STSS secondary to scarlet fever.

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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

Filip Waśniewski 1 , Bartosz Skulimowski 1 , Marcin Bursy 1 , Piotr Nogal 2 , Piotr Dąbrowski 2

streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, streptococcal angina, scarlet fever, Streptococcus pyogenes

Filip Waśniewski

¹

,

Bartosz Skulimowski

¹

,

Marcin Bursy

¹

,

Piotr Nogal

²

,

Piotr Dąbrowski

²