Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2

Tang, Jiaqi; Wang, Changjun; Feng, Youjun; Yang, Weizhong; Song, Huai‐Dong; Chen, Zhihai; Yu, Hongjie; Pan, Xiuzhen; Zhou, Xiaojun; Wang, Huaru; Wu, Bo; Wang, Haili; Zhao, Huamei; Lin, Ying; Yue, Jianhua; Wu, Zhenqiang; He, Xiao-Wei; Gao, Feng; Hamid Khan, Abdul; Wang, Jian; Zhao, Guoping; Wang, Yu; Wang, Xiaoning; Zhu, Chen; F. Gao, George

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030151

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Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2

Published in PLoS Medicine • Apr 3, 2006

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Jiaqi Tang

Changjun Wang

Youjun Feng

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2, SS2) is a major zoonotic pathogen that causes only sporadic cases of meningitis and sepsis in humans. Most if not all cases of Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) that have been well-documented to date were associated with the non-SS2 group...

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