TABLE 2.

Features of fatal streptococcal infections and/or STSS cases over a 6-month period in Argentina

Patient group	Parametera
	Age	Sex	Source	Underlying disease	Shock	Death	Group	emm type	City
Adults	71 yrs	F	Blood	Diabetes	Yes	No	A	12	Tandil
	52 yrs	F	Blood	None	Yes	Yes	A	75	Tandil
	70 yrs	F	Blood	Diabetes	Yes	Yes	A	12	Tandil
	59 yrs	M	Blood	Burnt	Yes	Yes	A	82	Tandil
	78 yrs	M	Blood	None	Yes	Yes	A	82	Tandil
	28 yrs	F	Blood	None	Yes	No	A	12	T. A.
	57 yrs	M	Blood	Burnt	NA	Yes	A	92	B. Aires
	28 yrs	F	Blood	None	NA	Yes	A	4	Ezeiza
	61 yrs	M	Blood	COLD	Yes	No	A	43	M. del P.
	72 yrs	F	Blood	Diabetes	Yes	No	C	stc36	Tandil
	62 yrs	M	Blood	CRF	Yes	No	G	stg6.1	Tandil
	86 yrs	F	Blood	Diabetes	No	Yes	G	stg480	Rosario
	62 yrs	M	Blood	Diabetes	No	Yes	G	stg480	Lanus
	71 yrs	M	Blood	Diabetes	Yes	No	G	stg480	Rosario
Children	6 mos	F	Blood	Varicella	Yes	Yes	A	1	Salta
	6 yrs	F	Blood	Leukemia	Yes	Yes	A	12	B. Aires
	3 yrs	F	Blood	None	Yes	Yes	A	1	B. Aires
	9 mos	M	Blood	None	ND	Yes	A	1	La Plata
	5 yrs	F	Blood	KTS	Yes	No	A	1	B. Aires
	2 days	M	Blood	None	Yes	Yes	G	stg6	Tandil

^aT.A., Tres Arroyos; B. Aires, Buenos Aires; M. del P., Mar del Plata; COLD, chronic obstructive lung disease; CRF, chronic renal failure; KTS, Klipper-Trenaunay syndrome; NA, not available.