Immunoglobulin Therapy in Non-menstrual Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
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Non-menstrual associated toxic shock syndrome.
A 40-year-old female patient developed toxic shock syndrome following breast surgery. A toxin producing strain of Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the post-operative wound. INTRODUCTION The term toxic shock syndrome (TSS) was first used in 1978 1 to describe a condition characterised by sudden onset of fever, shock, confusion, subcutaneous oedema, erythematous rash which desquamates in c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0310-057X,1448-0271
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0303100314