Invasive streptococcal infections: report of four cases occurring in Trinidad
West Indian med. j
; 46(1): 25-7, Mar. 1997.
Artigo
em Inglês
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Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
Many countries are reporting a resurgence of virulent streptococcal strains but there is little information from the Caribbean. Four cases of severe invasive streptococcal infections, three of them fatal, are reported. The portal of entry was infected scabatic lesions in one patient and infected mosquito bites in another patient who developed cellulitis and gangrene; but no portal of entry was detected in the other patients. Group A B haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS) was isolated from the blood of three patients, one of them GAS M type 3, which had the genome for streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins A (SPeA)and B (SPeB). GAS M type 72, which had the genome for SPeB and SPeC, were isolated from the tissues (but not from the blood) of the patient who developed cellulitis and who was the sole survivor. Physicians in the Caribbean must be alerted to the presence of these virulent streptococcal strains, and must be prepared to manage serious invasive disease. (AU)
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Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Infecções Estreptocócicas
Limite:
Adulto
/
Feminino
/
Humanos
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Lactente
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Trinidad e Tobago
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Artigo