Group B streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an asplenic patient: case report and literature review
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
.
2006 Mar;25(3):208-10.
doi: 10.1007/s10096-006-0106-2.
Authors
K D Sims
1
,
T D Barton
Affiliation
1
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
[email protected]
PMID:
16532253
DOI:
10.1007/s10096-006-0106-2
No abstract available
Publication types
Case Reports
Review
MeSH terms
Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / surgery*
Shock, Septic / microbiology*
Splenectomy*
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
Streptococcus agalactiae / isolation & purification*