TSLS

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TSLS (Toxic Shock Like Syndrome) has symtoms similar to Toxic shock syndrome(or TSS) but with the addition of soft tissue necrosis.

"TSLS was first described in 1987 (Bohach et al. 1990), as a result it is not as well characterized as TSS. Group A streptococcal bacteria, primarily S. pyogenes, cause TSLS by secreting streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SPEs) of three serotypes: A, B, and C.
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Cross-infection of different strains of S. pyogenes by bacteriophages can lead to a phenomenon similar to antigenic shift in viruses that leads to cyclic outbreaks of highly virulent S. pyogenes. The emergence of TSLS in the late 1980s may represent such an episode. In fact, the sudden rise in incidence of soft-tissue necrosis caused by TSLS led to substantial tabloid media coverage of a "flesh-eating bacteria epidemic" in the late 1980s and early 1990s (Stevens 1995)." [link]

Also see TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome)

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