In Japan, "The number of patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), a lethal infection caused by the bacteria behind strep throat, is rising at a record pace..
STSS, which can cause multiple organ failure and limb necrosis, has a mortality rate of about 30%..
Streptococcus bacteria is primarily transmitted through human contact and airborne droplets..
the infection can progress rapidly to cause a state of shock through a drop in blood pressure and multiple organ failure..
there were 941 STSS patients in Japan last year, the highest since current records began in 1999.
The patient tally this year had reached 851 as of May 12, with the figure being 2.8 times higher than a year before."

This is shocking.

'STSS infections growing at record pace in Japan'
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