Food poisoning due to a TSST1-producing Staphylococcus aureus

Anouk Goudsmit; Samuel Markowicz; Salah Eddine Lali; Soraya Cherifi

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01272

Food poisoning due to a TSST1-producing Staphylococcus aureus

IDCases. 2021 Sep 1:26:e01272. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01272. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Anouk Goudsmit¹, Samuel Markowicz¹, Salah Eddine Lali², Soraya Cherifi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Marie Curie, Charleroi, Belgium.
² Laboratory of Microbiology, CHU Marie Curie, Charleroi, Belgium.

Abstract

Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a very rare and severe complication of Staphylococcus aureus infections. However, bacteremia is very uncommon in this disease. We present here the case of a healthy 15-year old boy who presented septic shock and diffuse exanthema four hours after eating in a fast food restaurant. Blood cultures were positive for a TSST-1 producing Staphylococcus aureus. The patient was treated with antibiotics and fully recovered.

Keywords: CRP, C-reactive protein; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; Infectious disease; Intensive Care; MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; PCR, Polymerase Chain Reaction; SA, Staphylococcus aureus; SAB, Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia; Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome; Staphylococcus aureus; TCR, T cell receptor; TSAgs, Pyrogenic Toxin Superantigens; TSS, Toxic Shock Syndrome; TSST-1; TSST-1, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin.

Publication types

Case Reports