title: Toxic shock syndrome after ear piercing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville 37920.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Peoples
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004431:Ear, External / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*