Group A Streptococcal Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in a Male Presenting as Primary Peritonitis: A Case Report and a Review in Japan

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients.

	Age	Sex	TSLS	Cytokine absorption	Outcome	Infection route	Drainage	Vaginal culture
2000	35	F	No	CHDF	Survive	Pharyngitis	Operation	Negative
2003	54	F	Yes	PMX	Survive	?	Operation	?
2003	38	F	Yes	No	Survive	Vagina	Operation	Positive
2004	67	F	Yes	PMX	Dead	Pharyngitis	Operation	?
2004	40	M	Yes	PMX	Survive	Pharyngitis	Operation	—
2005	38	F	No	?	Survive	Vagina	Operation	Positive
2008	52	M	No	No	Survive	?	Operation	–
2012	63	F	No	No	Survive	?	Operation	?
2012	50	M	Yes	PMX	Survive	?	Operation	—
2012	25	F	No	?	Survive	Vagina	No	Positive
2012	35	F	Yes	PMX	Survive	Vagina	Puncture	Positive
2013	65	F	No	?	Survive	?	Operation	?
2013	70	M	Yes	CHDF	Dead	?	No	—
2013	41	F	Yes	No	Survive	Vagina	Operation	Positive
2014	39	F	Yes	PMX	Survive	?	Operation	?
2015	30	F	Yes	No	Survive	?	Operation	Negative
2015	71	M	Yes	PMX	Survive	?	Operation	—
2015	58	F	Yes	CHDF	Dead	Vagina	Operation	Positive
2016	58	F	Yes	PMMA	Survive	Pharyngitis	Operation	Negative
2016	71	M	Yes	AN69ST, PMX	Survive	?	Operation	—
2017	37	F	No	No	Survive	?	Operation	Negative
2017	42	F	No	No	Survive	?	Operation	Negative
2017	50	F	Yes	No	Survive	Vagina	Operation	Positive
2017	19	F	No	No	Survive	?	Operation	Negative
Our case	51	M	Yes	CHDF	Survive	?	Operation	-

TSLS: Toxic shock like syndrome, CHDF: continuous hemodiafiltration, PMX: polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column direct hemoperfusion, PMMA: PMMA-CHDF, AN69ST: AN69ST-CHDF.