Toxic shock syndrome in nasal surgery: A physiochemical and microbiologic evaluation of merocel® and nugauze® nasal packing | Zendy

Breda Stephen D. | Zendy; Jacobs Joseph B. | Zendy; Lebowitz Arthur S. | Zendy; Tierno Philip M. | Zendy

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Toxic shock syndrome in nasal surgery: A physiochemical and microbiologic evaluation of merocel® and nugauze® nasal packing

Author(s) -

Breda Stephen D.,

Jacobs Joseph B.,

Lebowitz Arthur S.,

Tierno Philip M.

Publication year - 1987

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 - 10.1288/00005537-198712000-00002

Subject(s) - toxic shock syndrome , staphylococcus aureus , isolation (microbiology) , shock (circulatory) , medicine , toxin , surgery , micrococcaceae , nose , nasal packing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics

A prospective comparison of the microbiologic safety of Merocel® versus NuGauze® nasal packing in 119 surgical patients is presented. Presurgical and postsurgical nasal cultures were obtained, analyzed, and compared. The importance of a preoperative nasal culture isolate of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin Number 1 (TSST‐1) producing Staphylococcus aureus in predicting postoperative toxigenic S. aureus isolation and Toxic Shock Syndrome symptomatology is demonstrated. An in vitro comparison of the ability of NuGauze® and Merocel® to amplify TSST‐1 production was performed.

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