The victim died at a hospital on Wednesday of toxic shock syndrome, an infection that can occur in someone taking anti-rejection drugs to suppress the immune system and prevent rejection of an organ. He fit the profile for increased risk. Medical offices have been flooded by hundreds of people seeking strep tests in the wake of a series of aggressive viral infections causing flu-like symptoms and a sore throat. The deaths are blamed on several aggressive strains of the Group A streptococcus bacteria.
Many people are immune, while others contract strep throat.
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