Cases of death due to serious group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in pregnant females in Japan

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2015 Jan;291(1):5-7. doi: 10.1007/s00404-014-3440-0. Epub 2014 Sep 7.

Authors

Junichi Hasegawa¹, Akihiko Sekizawa, Jun Yoshimatsu, Takeshi Murakoshi, Kazuhiro Osato, Tomoaki Ikeda, Isamu Ishiwata

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, 142-8666, Japan, hasejun@oak.dti.ne.jp.

PMID: 25194311
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-014-3440-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
Shock, Septic / epidemiology*
Shock, Septic / mortality
Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Streptococcal Infections / mortality
Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification