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Can Infection Cause Fever And Strep Septic Shock?

If a person had a fever on Tuesday, gets rushed to hospital on Thurs. and dies on Friday of Strep Septic shock, does that mean she probably had the infection for some time prior to the fever?



She was only 41 years old, and just passed away last Friday.



Please advise, thank you.
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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Sorry for the loss. May her soul rest in peace.
The primary site of infection of Streptococcal infection is throat then it has tendency to spread through lymphatics to blood. It is possible that the patient might be suffering from some soft tissue infection of M strains that cause Streptococcal toxic Shock syndrome. Vancomycin is the drug of choice in such infections. So there is a possibility that she might had been suffering fromj some skin or soft tissue infection earlier which was overlooked and not treated properly.
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Can Infection Cause Fever And Strep Septic Shock?

Thanks for posting your query at HCM! Sorry for the loss. May her soul rest in peace. The primary site of infection of Streptococcal infection is throat then it has tendency to spread through lymphatics to blood. It is possible that the patient might be suffering from some soft tissue infection of M strains that cause Streptococcal toxic Shock syndrome. Vancomycin is the drug of choice in such infections. So there is a possibility that she might had been suffering fromj some skin or soft tissue infection earlier which was overlooked and not treated properly.