Streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome in a post-myomectomy patient.
We report on a healthy 34-year-old woman who received an elective myomectomy for uterine fibroid, and postoperatively developed fatal streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome. We discuss the series of events that led to this life-threatening disease and its pathophysiology, and suggest areas in which management might have been improved.
Choo
S M
SM
Department of Anaesthesia, Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899.
Yeo
S W
SW
Thomas
E
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