Overwhelming Streptococcus pyogenes sepsis in an elderly patient with septic arthritis

• Autori principali: Aarti Chadha (Autore), Wafaa Jamal (Autore), Abdul R.A. Aziz (Autore), Vincent O. Rotimi (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Elsevier, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Introduction: The signs of Streptococcus pyogenes, group A streptococci (GAS) bacteremia are non-specific and patients can have wide presentations ranging from flu-like symptoms to life-threatening toxic-shock syndrome in just a few hours. Case presentation: We report a case of fulminant S. pyogenes...