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Anaesth Intensive Care
; 9(4): 376-80, 1981 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7316140
RESUMO
A thirty-year-old female presented with a high fever, conjunctivitis, confusion, vomiting, watery diarrhoea, diffuse erythroderma, shock and oliguric renal failure. Staphylococcus aureus phage 29/52 (Group 1) was isolated from a high vaginal swab. In addition to all the previously reported features which defined toxic shock syndrome, there were pustular skin vesicles, altered red cell morphology, and severe myocardial involvement. Treatment with fluid replacement, cloxacillin, haemodialysis, positive inotropic agents, and supportive measures resulted in a full recovery.