Toxic shock syndrome due to Streptococcus pyogenes in an 80 year′s old post-knee arthroplasty patient: A case report

7^th ASIA PACIFIC STD AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONGRESS

OCTOBER 23-25, 2017 OSAKA, JAPAN

Jenny Mae A Quinivista Yoon and Ryan M Llorin

St. Luke′s Medical Center-Global City, Philippines

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J AIDS Clin Res

Abstract :

Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) is one of the leading causes of arthroplasty failure. A high incidence of PJI follows Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococci. On the other hand, Streptococcus pyogenes PJI is extremely rare with only a very few case reports in the literature. Toxic shock syndrome resulting from Streptococcus pyogenes infection, however, has a reported mortality rate as high as 30 to 70%, hence early recognition of this potentially fatal infection is crucial to the successful management of patients. In this article, we report a case of an 80 year�s old male who developed streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in association with a severe group-A streptococcal infection of the knee after a total knee arthroplasty done two years ago.