Necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in an elderly patient: A case report

Abstract

Abstract Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) has a high mortality rate, and most patients die within a few days of onset. We report an elderly patient with STSS, necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock caused by group G streptococcus who was successfully treated with multidisciplinary therapy.

Keywords

• necrotizing fasciitis
• polymyxin B immobilized fiber column direct hemoperfusion
• septic shock
• streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
• Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis