Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by the dissemination of an invasive emm3/ST15 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.

Tsuyoshi SekizukaEmina NaiTomohiro YoshidaShota EndoEmi HamajimaSatoka AkiyamaYoji IkutaNatsuko ObanaTakahiro KawaguchiKenta HayashiMasahiro NodaTomoko SumitaMasayuki KokajiTatsuo KatoriMasanori HashinoKunihiro ObaMakoto Kuroda

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2017)

We conclude that the global dissemination of emm3/ST15 GAS strain has the potential to cause invasive disease.

Keyphrases

candida albicans
biofilm formation
escherichia coli
risk assessment
climate change