| Title | Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Erythroderma Is Associated with Superantigenicity and Hypersensitivity. | | Author(s) | John CC, Niermann M, Sharon B, Peterson ML, Kranz DM, Schlievert PM | | Institution | Departments of 1Pediatrics and 2Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, and 3Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis; and 4Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana. | | Source | Clin Infect Dis 2009 Nov 13. | | Abstract | Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) has rarely been reported without rash and desquamation. This study describes a patient who met all criteria for TSS except erythroderma and desquamation. The associated staphylococcal superantigen was enterotoxin B. We demonstrate that erythroderma depends on preexisting T cell hypersensitivity amplified by superantigenicity. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19911998 |
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