Toxic shock syndrome in a male postoperative patient.
A patient is described who postoperatively developed a clinical syndrome characteristic of toxic shock syndrome following amputation of a previously injured finger. A small stitch abscess was identified which grew Staphylococcus aureus. The patient became ill within 12 hours of surgery, suggesting that a small inoculum of a toxic shock-producing strain of S. aureus can produce the clinical syndrome.
D000328:Adult; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome