2018, Number 3
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Rev Latin Infect Pediatr 2018; 31 (3)
Toxic shock syndrome: series of cases in a third level hospital
Rodríguez DLA, Velázquez DPX, Gómez TV
Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 118-121
PDF size: 184.34 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Chickenpox is usually a disease with a benign course. However, it is not free of complications, being in children the most frequent those that affect skin and soft tissues. The most feared complication is toxic shock syndrome, which is caused by a superinfection either by S. pyogenes or S. aureus, and can be highly fatal. We present a series of cases of toxic shock syndrome during a 10 -year-period in the National Institute of Pediatrics, in order to know the local epidemiology and raise the index of suspicion in the medical population in any case of complicated chickenpox.
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