Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Presenting as an Acute Abdomen

Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Manifesting

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is known to cause infections such as pharyngitis, pneumonia, impetigo, erysipelas, necrotizing fasciitis, and septicemia, and can be complicated by rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis, and erythema nodosum [1]. In 1987, Cone et al described two patients with severe GAS infections who had clinical features similar to staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS). This syn...

Chilaiditi's syndrome presenting as acute abdomen.

MELAS syndrome presenting as an acute surgical abdomen

MELAS (mitochondrial cytopathy, encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) is a syndrome in which signs and symptoms of gastrointestinal disease are uncommon if not rare. We describe the case of a young woman who presented as an acute surgical emergency, diagnosed as toxic megacolon necessitating an emergency total colectomy. MELAS syndrome was suspected postoperatively owing ...

Acute pancreatitis associated with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

completely resolved. Medical treatment was continued for a total of 18 months. Three years later the patient is in good health. It has been retrospectively shown that this infection was due to hospital water contamination of the needle used during percutaneous nucleotomy. Seven cases of osteoarticular infections due to M. xenopi have been reported in the literature [1-7], including two cases of...

Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome presenting as an acute abdomen.

Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) may present with symptoms and signs suggestive of an acute surgical condition of the abdomen. The patient described was admitted with clinical features sufficient to warrant operation but later proved to have HUS.