@article{f4d619ea59214f17b564a7dbfa58f7e5,
title = "Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome erythroderma is associated with superantigenicity and hypersensitivity",
abstract = "Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) has rarely been reported without rash and desquamation. This study describes a patient who met all criteria for TSS except erythroderma and desquamation. The associated staphylococcal superantigen was enterotoxin B. We demonstrate that erythroderma depends on preexisting T cell hypersensitivity amplified by superantigenicity.",
author = "John, {Chandy C.} and Micah Niermann and Bazak Sharon and Peterson, {Marnie L.} and Kranz, {David M.} and Schlievert, {Patrick M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support. US Public Health Service research grants (U54-AI57153 from the Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases [of which P.M.S. and D.M.K. are members] and R01-AI064611 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: no conflicts.",
year = "2009",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1086/648441",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "49",
pages = "1893--1896",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "12",
}