Author(s): Antunes, R ; Diogo, M ; Carvalho, A ; Pimentel, T ; Oliveira, J
Date: 2011
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/316
Origin: Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga
Subject(s): Infecções por Streptococcus; Streptococcus pyogenes; Choque Séptico
Recently there has been an exponential increase in invasive infections caused by Streptococcus ß hemolyticcus group A. In about one third of cases they are complicated by toxic shock syndrome, characterized by septic shock and multiorgan failure. The authors, by their rarity, report a case of bacteraemia caused by Streptococcus pyogenes complicated by toxic shock syndrome.
