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Medical records of 876 servicemen of a young age who have suffered various forms of clinical diphtheria were analysed. (Lethal cases were marked in 52 cases--5.9%). A true clinical symptom complex for the diagnosis of diphtheria at pre-hospital period is as following: fever, intoxication and febrinous tonsillitis. The main cause of unfavourable outcome of the disease depends on the affection of cardiovascular, central and peripheral nerve systems by diphtheritic exotoxin. The most frequent limitations during medical care were the following: error diagnosis of angina (41%), late hospitalization and late specific treatment, insufficient doses of antidiphtheric serum, inopportune diagnosis of severe aggravations (infectious toxic shock, pneumonia).
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PMID:[The diagnostic and treatment characteristics of diphtheria in troop units and military medical institutions]. 830 51

Invasive group A streptococcus (GAS) infections are emerging diseases; however, person-to-person transmission of invasive GAS producing life-threatening infection has been observed rarely. We report a small intrafamilial cluster of life-threatening GAS infections. A previously healthy 47-year-old father developed necrotizing fasciitis of the neck. Two days later, his 16-year-old daughter developed streptococcal angina, pneumonia, and pleural empyema. Both patients had signs of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis revealed that the M6 strains of GAS isolated from the father and daughter had identical patterns. Cases of person-to-person transmission of invasive GAS infection reported in the literature are also reviewed.
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PMID:Familial transmission of a serious disease--producing group A streptococcus clone: case reports and review. 919 67

Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) is known to reduce angina pectoris in patients in whom revascularization is not possible. The therapy is associated with few adverse effects. A case with a previously unknown complication - toxic shock syndrome - that occurred twice in an EECP-treated patient is described. Toxic shock syndrome initially resembles the state of septic shock. Early recognition of the syndrome and initiation of therapy is of vital importance to prevent rapid progression and a possibly fatal outcome. Awareness of this condition among cardiologists offering EECP is essential.
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PMID:Toxic shock syndrome: A rare complication to enhanced external counterpulsation. 2116 67