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Elam S Coalson1, Kanad Ghosh1, Allison H Bartlett2
1Section of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Abstract:
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a severe systemic disease characterized by fever, hypotension, desquamating rash, and multiorgan dysfunction. Attributed to bacterial exotoxins, TSS has been a known, though rare, complication in the field of pediatric burns for decades. The adoption of new antimicrobial burn dressings has allowed for the management of small to medium sized burns with minimal discomfort or inconvenience to the patient. In this report, we discuss a 3-year-old male with burns wounds dressed using a silver-impregnated foam who went on to develop TSS.
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