Abstract
We describe unusual Staphylococcus aureus infections in 2 patients. The infections were characterized by extreme pyrexia and rapid death. Both causative organisms produced a deletion mutant form of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 and variant enterotoxin C, which may have caused pyrexia and death.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Bacterial Toxins / genetics
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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Enterotoxins / genetics
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Fatal Outcome
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Female
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Fever*
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Humans
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Male
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
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Staphylococcal Infections / physiopathology*
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Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
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Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
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Superantigens / genetics
Substances
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Bacterial Toxins
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DNA, Bacterial
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Enterotoxins
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Superantigens
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enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal
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enterotoxin C, staphylococcal