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Share on Pinterest A type of bacterial infection is on the rise in Japan. DuKai photographer/Getty Images Japan is reporting a record number of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS ...

A record number of cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) in Japan this year has focused attention on the rare and potentially deadly bacterial infection. There have been 1,019 cases ...

Japan is reporting a spike in potentially fatal bacterial infections. Cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), which is caused by Group A Streptococcus bacteria, have reached 977 in the ...

A potentially deadly bacterial infection called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is spreading in Japan, prompting questions about what causes it and how to prevent it. That's almost ...

Cases of a dangerous and highly fatal bacterial infection have reached record ... Ministry had recorded 977 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), which has a mortality rate of ...

But it also provided an opening for toxic shock to occur. S. aureus bacteria commonly live in or on our bodies without usually causing any trouble, including the strains that can cause toxic shock.