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G Ligtenberg1, P J Blankestijn, H A Koomans
1Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
The case histories of two patients with the "toxic-strep" syndrome are presented. This syndrome consists of a Streptococcus pyogenes group A infection, complicated by multi-organ failure. In our patients renal failure necessitating haemodialysis was present. General characteristics of the syndrome and long-term follow-up are presented.