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Intense, flu-like symptoms in women using menstrual devices: always think of staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome

Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is an exceptionally rare, toxin-induced, life-threatening, clinical entity that has largely been associated with the use of tampons and other menstrual devices. We, here, report a case of menstrual TSS in a young, female patient who was successfully treated...

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Autores principales: Chatzopoulou, Marianneta, Koufakis, Theocharis, Ntava, Evdokia, Gabranis, Ioannis, Tsiakalou, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5448456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28580155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx020