title: Surgical presentation of toxic shock syndrome.
abstract: Three infants with clinical features of sepsis, hypovolaemia and an acute abdomen were referred to a paediatric surgical unit. Subsequent clinical signs of diffuse macular erythema followed by desquamation and isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from nasal or umbilical swabs led to a diagnosis of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome. Surgical intervention was not indicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, London.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cant
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*