Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia and toxic shock syndrome related to Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection: a case report

BACKGROUND: We describe a patient with Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection associated with Streptococcus pyogenes and with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. To the best of our knowledge this association has not been previously described. CASE PRESENTATION: A 78 year-old Israeli man, who was b...

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Published in:J Med Case Rep
Main Authors: Cohen, Regev, Finn, Talya, Babushkin, Frida, Shapiro, Maurice, Uda, Martina, Grossman, Tamar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249898/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30463627
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1885-7
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