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Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Tampon Use
The authors report a case of near-fatal sepsis with multiorgan failure resulting from a Staphylococcal tampon-associated toxic shock syndrome, requiring a lengthy critical care admission. Successful treatment of this condition focuses on early identification, source control, and administration of antimicrobial agents. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy used early may prevent widespread tissue n...
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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...
متن کاملToxic shock syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome is an acute febrile illness with mucocutaneous manifestations and multisystem involvement, often associated with focal staphylococcal infection. Although Todd originally described the disorder in children,' with a subsequent report of childhood toxic shock syndrome,2 publicity given to the disorder in relation to menstruation and tampon use has resulted in its being conside...
متن کاملToxic shock syndrome.
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-...
متن کاملToxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
Toxic Shock Syndrome, otherwise known as TSS, is a systemic infection that is associated with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus [1]. S. aureus exists as part of the human body’s normal bacteria, and does not cause infection since most people develop antibodies against the bacteria. Infection can be result in people that have not developed these antibodies, or may develop in people that have an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.281.6251.1321-a