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[quote=Anonymous]I see this old thread was resurrected, but no one yet mentioned Jim Henson.  Don't forget that he died from strep.  Please don't mess around with strep.  Get it tested and treat it seriously with antibiotics!

Dr. David Gelmont, who headed the intensive care team that treated Mr. Henson at New York Hospital, believes he died from toxic shock syndrome produced by the streptococcal bacteria. The condition is similar to the toxic shock epidemic from staphylococcal infections that struck women who used a certain kind of tampon in the early 1980's. Streptococci Group A, the type that killed Mr. Henson, also causes scarlet fever and rheumatic fever. Health officials suspect that Group A is becoming more powerful and is occurring more often.

Antibiotics might have saved Mr. Henson's life if he had come to the hospital a few hours earlier, Dr. Gelmont said, illustrating how speed can count in many types of infections.

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/29/science/the-doctor-s-world-henson-death-shows-danger-of-pneumonia.html
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