[Bacterial toxic shock in urological diseases]

It is a review of present-day and historical aspects of bacterial toxic shock arising in urological setting. It is noted that conditions of its onset are changing, therapeutic approaches undergo revision, critical care facilities are updated. Among the causes of this complication the authors single out endoscopic procedures, transurethral interventions in the presence of infectious process, hospital infection, long stay at hospital. Forty-eight cases of bacterial toxic shock are reviewed in relation to classification, causes of development, treatment, bacteriological evaluation.