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Toxic Shock Syndrome from Surgical Infections

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Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections

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The majority of toxic shock syndrome cases are caused by a specific toxin, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, produced by some strains of Staphylococcus aureus. These organisms are common inhabitants of hospitals and are difficult to control because of development of resistance to antibiotics. A number of cases of toxic shock syndrome have resulted from staphylococcal infected incisions in surgery patients following many different types of surgical procedures, including nasal operations. In some cases the staphylococcal strain isolated from the infection was identical to one isolated from the surgeon.

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  1. Merlin S. Bergdoll
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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, POB 117, S-22100, Lund, Sweden

    Torkel Wadström PhD (Professor) & Åsa Ljungh PhD (Assistant Professor) (Professor) &  (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department Medical Microbiology, Sölvegaten 23, S-23362, Lund, Sweden

    Ingvar Eliasson PhD

  3. Burns Institute, Shriners Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Ian Holder PhD

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Bergdoll, M.S. (1990). Toxic Shock Syndrome from Surgical Infections. In: Wadström, T., Eliasson, I., Holder, I., Ljungh, Å. (eds) Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3454-1_15

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