PIH49 - KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MENSTRUAL HYGIENE – 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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The entity of the variable pictures of an illness summed up by the description "toxic shock syndrome" has been focussed on by a great number of publications in Northern America since 1978, but has been described scarcely until yet in Germany. An etiological relationship with formerly described "toxic scarlet fever" and "Kawasaki syndrome" is to be discussed. This case in charge deals with a 25-...
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In the past 10 years, we have learned much about TSS and S. aureus and its toxins. A number of important biologic principles have been reemphasized in this first decade of TSS research: S. aureus is a very complex organism, one not likely to yield quick answers; in vitro observations must always be confirmed in the patient; animal models may not always be reliable replicates of human disease; a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2018.09.1314