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Toxic shock syndrome: Otolaryngologic presentations
Author(s) -
Tag Arnold R.,
Mitchell Foy B.,
Harell Moshe,
Morrison Winsor V.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198209000-00019
Subject(s) - toxic shock syndrome , shock (circulatory) , disease , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , biology , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , genetics , bacteria
Toxic shock syndrome is a recently discovered and widely publicized disease found to occur in young menstruating women and thought to be associated with the use of vaginal tampons. To this date, there has been no known report of a similar disease being caused by nasal or sinus packing. The following is a discussion of the toxic shock syndrome (TSS) and a presentation of two cases that demonstrated a striking similarity to that disease.

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