Successful treatment of group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome occurring in late pregnancy: a case report

Tingting Chen¹, Qingai Jiang², Shufen Zhou³, Haiyang Tang¹, Yijia Tian¹, Lingfei Jin¹, Yuanhe Wang¹, Shunlan Du⁴, Xiaoxia Bai^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics, Women's Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangshan People's Hospital of Jiangshan, Jiangshan 324100, China.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangshan Women's and Children's Hospital, Jiangshan, 324100, China.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics, Affiliated Dongyang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dongyang 322100, China.
⁵ Traditional Chinese Medicine for Reproductive Health Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310006, China.
⁶ Zhejiang Province Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hangzhou 310006, China.

Tingting Chen et al. World J Emerg Med. 2024.

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doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2024.091.

Tingting Chen¹, Qingai Jiang², Shufen Zhou³, Haiyang Tang¹, Yijia Tian¹, Lingfei Jin¹, Yuanhe Wang¹, Shunlan Du⁴, Xiaoxia Bai^{1

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¹ Department of Obstetrics, Women's Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangshan People's Hospital of Jiangshan, Jiangshan 324100, China.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangshan Women's and Children's Hospital, Jiangshan, 324100, China.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics, Affiliated Dongyang Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Dongyang 322100, China.
⁵ Traditional Chinese Medicine for Reproductive Health Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310006, China.
⁶ Zhejiang Province Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hangzhou 310006, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: We declare no competing interests.

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