title: Toxic shock syndrome due to percutaneous Kirschner wires.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Birdsall
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Milne
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*