COVID-19 pandemic put many challenges for the health care professionals and one of that is multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). This shares its features with other conditions including Kawasaki disease toxic shock syndrome. We are reporting 4 cases from a tertiary center hotspot area state Uttar Pradesh who presented multiple organ system involvement.

An HLA-B27 positive 24 year old woman is described with a Staphylococcus aureus induced toxic shock syndrome precipitating a reactive arthritis.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has been spreading worldwide, including in Japan. However, few cases of toxic shock syndrome caused by Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus have been reported in Japan. We report 2 cases, in middle-aged women, of toxic shock syndrome due to Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus via ...

BACKGROUND Puerperal sepsis due to group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GAS) toxic shock syndrome is associated with very high morbidity and mortality. Luckily it is now rare, but diagnosis is not always easy. This report demonstrates the problem of recognizing this disease, and summarizes the current knowledge on the pathomechanism and management of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. CASE ...

Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) binds to major histocompatibility complex class II molecules, and the toxin-class II complexes induce proliferation of T cells expressing V beta 2 sequences. To define the residues involved in TSST-1 binding, a set of transfectants expressing 21 HLA-DR alpha chain mutants were analyzed for their abilities to bind and present TSST-1 and to pre...