Recurrent Streptococcus agalactiae Toxic Shock Syndrome Triggered by a Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitor

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by group B streptococcus (GBS) is a rare, but lethal disease. We experienced a 45-year-old woman with pustular psoriasis who developed toxic shock-like syndrome during infliximab treatment. Surprisingly, similar episodes recurred three times in one year with...

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Published in:Intern Med
Main Authors: Yoshida, Masataka, Takazono, Takahiro, Tashiro, Masato, Saijo, Tomomi, Morinaga, Yoshitomo, Yamamoto, Kazuko, Nakamura, Shigeki, Imamura, Yoshifumi, Miyazaki, Taiga, Sawai, Toyomitsu, Nishino, Tomoya, Izumikawa, Koichi, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Mukae, Hiroshi, Kohno, Shigeru
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2016
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5140877/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27803422
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