Staphylococcal exanthematous disease in a newborn due to a virulent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain containing the TSST-1 gene in Europe: an alert for neonatologists

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Oct;41(10):4883-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4883-4884.2003.

Abstract

We report a case of staphylococcal exanthematous disease in a newborn due to a toxic shock syndrome toxin 1- and SEC-producing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain and alert neonatologists to the probable emergence in France of the neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease in newborns previously described in Japan. We advise neonatologists to pay careful attention to clinical parameters and to prescribe appropriate tests: platelet count, serum C-reactive protein concentration, and Vbeta2-positive T-cell counts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins*
  • Enterotoxins / genetics
  • Europe
  • Exanthema / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Neonatology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
  • Superantigens*
  • Virulence

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Enterotoxins
  • Superantigens
  • enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal