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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4883-4884, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4883-4884.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Staphylococcal Exanthematous Disease in a Newborn Due to a Virulent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain Containing the TSST-1 Gene in Europe: an Alert for Neonatologists

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet,1,2* Gérard Lina,3 Roland Quentin,2 Hélène Yaouanc-Lapalle,1 Christine Fièvre,1 Naoto Takahashi,4 and Jerome Etienne3

Relais Régional d'Hygiène Hospitalière du Centre,1 Département de Microbiologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Unité de Bactériologie, EA 3250, Hôpital Trousseau, Tours,2 Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Hôpital E. Herriot, Lyon, France,3 Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken, Japan4

Received 30 April 2003/ Returned for modification 6 June 2003/ Accepted 1 July 2003

We report a case of staphylococcal exanthematous disease in a newborn due to a toxic shock syndrome toxin 1- and SEC-producing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain and alert neonatologists to the probable emergence in France of the neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease in newborns previously described in Japan. We advise neonatologists to pay careful attention to clinical parameters and to prescribe appropriate tests: platelet count, serum C-reactive protein concentration, and Vß2-positive T-cell counts.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Bactériologie et d'Hygiène, Hôpital Trousseau, 37044 Tours cedex, France. Phone and fax: 33 2 47 47 85 88. E-mail: n.vandermee{at}chu-tours.fr..

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4883-4884, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4883-4884.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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