Open AccessA SEVERE CASE OF NEONATAL TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME-LIKE EXANTHEMATOUS DISEASE WITH SUPERANTIGEN-INDUCED HIGH T CELL RESPONSE
Author(s) -
Mizuka Miki,
Takehiko Uchiyama,
Hidehito Kato,
Hiroshi Nishida,
Naoto Takahashi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000238144.22201.4a
Subject(s) - medicine , superantigen , toxin , toxic shock syndrome , shock (circulatory) , disease , immunology , t cell , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , biology , genetics , bacteria , immune system
Most newborn patients with a neonatal type of toxic shock syndrome (TSS), called neonatal TSS-like exanthematous disease (NTED), exhibit mild clinical symptoms. We present the case of a patient with NTED who exhibited exceptionally severe clinical symptoms and an adult-type T cell response to the causative toxin TSS toxin-1.