Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: should I be worried if I’m travelling to Japan?

By Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
Joshua Osowicki, Team Leader, Research Fellow, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Yara-Natalie Abo, General Paediatrician and Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, PhD Candidate, Clinical Vaccine Trials Lead, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Strep A usually causes a relatively mild infection or no symptoms at all. But in rare cases, it can cause severe illness.

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