septic arthritis with polyarticular presentation is an uncommon clinical entity. a case of complicated staphylococcal infection with purulent and reactive polyarthritis, osteomyelitis, cutaneous and pleuropericardial involvement as well as transient blindness is presented here.

toxic shock syndrome in children following infection with influenza is a very rare syndrome. if it is not diagnosed quickly, it may cause significant morbidity and mortality. for diagnosis of toxic shock syndrome, clinical and laboratory criteria are used. our patient is a 3.5-year old boy who admitted to the hospital with high fever, weakness, toxicity, hypotension and skin rash due to influen...

staphylococcus aureus is a major causative pathogen of clinical and subclinical mastitis of dairy domestic ruminants. this agent produces a variety of extracellular toxins and virulence factors including toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (tsst-1) which is the major cause of toxic shock syndrome (tss). in this study 58 s. aureus isolates obtained from 9 dairy herds in east and west azerbaijan prov...

Staphylococcus aureus is a major causative pathogen of clinical and subclinical mastitis of dairy domestic ruminants. This agent produces a variety of extracellular toxins and virulence factors including Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 (TSST-1) which is the major cause of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS). In this study 58 S. aureus isolates obtained from 9 dairy herds in East and West Azerbaijan provinc...