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Post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: A case report
INTRODUCTION: Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but serious, life-threatening medical condition and potentially lethal if not detected and treated early. It is mainly caused by a toxin called toxin-1 produced by Staphylococcus aureus, and characterized by fever, hypotension, rash, skin desquamati...
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author | Abuzneid, Yousef S. Rabee, Abdelrahman Alzeerelhouseini, Hussam I.A. Ghattass, Deema W.S. Shiebat, Nermeen Abukarsh, Radwan |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but serious, life-threatening medical condition and potentially lethal if not detected and treated early. It is mainly caused by a toxin called toxin-1 produced by Staphylococcus aureus, and characterized by fever, hypotension, rash, skin desquamation and multisystem involvement. CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we describe a nine-month-old male patient who presented to the hospital complaining of fever, vomiting and hypoactivity on day one post-orchidopexy. During hospitalization, his condition began to deteriorate with signs and symptoms of multisystemic failure. Laboratory tests and radiological images were done, leading to the decision to reopen and drain the surgical wound. Wound and nasal swabs were cultured and showed S. aureus infection, and the diagnosis of toxic shock syndrome was confirmed. DISCUSSION: TSS is a systemic illness resulting from overwhelming host response to bacterial exotoxins, that cause T cells activation and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 and TNF-α causing fever, hypotension, and tissue injury). Also, it can present with CNS signs that may be misdiagnosed with meningitis in pediatrics. It requires early identification and treatment despite its rarity with mortality rate of 81% even with treatment. The patient's presentation, examination and laboratories tests with the blood and wound cultures were highly suggestive for this condition. CONCLUSION: Physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion for TSS, as early diagnosis and treatment make a difference. This condition shouldn't be excluded even in young age patients or after simple procedure as in our case in which TSS occurred after orchidopexy. |
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spelling | pubmed-85947692021-11-22 Post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: A case report Abuzneid, Yousef S. Rabee, Abdelrahman Alzeerelhouseini, Hussam I.A. Ghattass, Deema W.S. Shiebat, Nermeen Abukarsh, Radwan Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but serious, life-threatening medical condition and potentially lethal if not detected and treated early. It is mainly caused by a toxin called toxin-1 produced by Staphylococcus aureus, and characterized by fever, hypotension, rash, skin desquamation and multisystem involvement. CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we describe a nine-month-old male patient who presented to the hospital complaining of fever, vomiting and hypoactivity on day one post-orchidopexy. During hospitalization, his condition began to deteriorate with signs and symptoms of multisystemic failure. Laboratory tests and radiological images were done, leading to the decision to reopen and drain the surgical wound. Wound and nasal swabs were cultured and showed S. aureus infection, and the diagnosis of toxic shock syndrome was confirmed. DISCUSSION: TSS is a systemic illness resulting from overwhelming host response to bacterial exotoxins, that cause T cells activation and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 and TNF-α causing fever, hypotension, and tissue injury). Also, it can present with CNS signs that may be misdiagnosed with meningitis in pediatrics. It requires early identification and treatment despite its rarity with mortality rate of 81% even with treatment. The patient's presentation, examination and laboratories tests with the blood and wound cultures were highly suggestive for this condition. CONCLUSION: Physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion for TSS, as early diagnosis and treatment make a difference. This condition shouldn't be excluded even in young age patients or after simple procedure as in our case in which TSS occurred after orchidopexy. Elsevier 2021-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8594769/ /pubmed/34775320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106587 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Abuzneid, Yousef S. Rabee, Abdelrahman Alzeerelhouseini, Hussam I.A. Ghattass, Deema W.S. Shiebat, Nermeen Abukarsh, Radwan Post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: A case report |
title | Post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: A case report |
title_full | Post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: A case report |
title_fullStr | Post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: A case report |
title_short | Post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: A case report |
title_sort | post-surgical staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome in pediatrics: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594769/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34775320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106587 |
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