Definite role

• Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome [33-35]
• Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome [36-39]
• Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome [33]
• Scarlet fever rash [33]
• Staphylococcal food poisoning [33]
• Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis [33]

Probable role

• Guttate psoriasis [40-46]
• Kawasaki disease [47-57]
• Staphylococcal superantigen-related glomerulonephritis [33]

Possible role

• Atopic dermatitis [58-69]
• Chronic plaque psoriasis (psoriasis vulgaris) [46]
• Acute juvenile pityriasis rubra pilaris [70, 71]
• Cutaneous T cell lymphoma [72-76]

Hypothesized role

·       Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps [77, 78]

·       Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALTL) of the stomach [79]

·       Multiple sclerosis [80-82]

·       Rheumatoid arthritis [83-85]

·       Behcet’s disease [86, 87]

·       Wegener’s granulomatosis [88, 89]

·       Takayasu arteritis [90]

·       Giant cell arteritis [90]

·       Diabetes mellitus [91, 92]

·       Malaria [93, 94]

·       Tuberculosis [95, 96]

·      Viral infections (HIV, EBV) [97-99]