[Toxic shock syndrome in 8 children].
| Autor: | Hazelzet JA; Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam-Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde., Oudshoorn JH, van der Voort EE |
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| Jazyk: | Dutch; Flemish |
| Zdroj: | Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde [Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd] 1994 Oct 01; Vol. 138 (40), pp. 2001-4. |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: Evaluation of patients with toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in a paediatric hospital. Design: Retrospective analysis. Setting: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Method: Analysis of the medical records on 155 patients admitted between January 1982 and January 1992 suffering from shock, 8 of whom had TSS. Results: Five out of 8 TSS patients were under 5 years of age. All the patients needed mechanical ventilation. All patients survived. In 7 patients a probably causative focus of infection was found. The cultures of 6 patients showed growth of Staphylococcus aureus, those of 2 patients showed Lancefield group A beta-haemolytic streptococci (bacterial culture in one, increased antibody titer in the other). Systematic phage typing was not performed. Conclusion: Although TSS is a relatively rare disease in young children, it is a potentially lethal one, early recognition of which is very important. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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