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How to deal with an open abdomen? [PDF]
, 2015 Appropriate open abdomen treatment is one of the key elements in the management of patients who require decompressive laparotomy or in whom the abdomen is left open prophylactically.
Bjorck, Martin +4 more
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Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1988 In the past 10 years, we have learned much about TSS and S. aureus and its toxins. A number of important biologic principles have been reemphasized in this first decade of TSS research: S. aureus is a very complex organism, one not likely to yield quick answers; in vitro observations must always be confirmed in the patient; animal models may not always
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The effect of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in late pregnancy on antibody levels to staphylococcal toxins in cord blood and breast milk. [PDF]
, 2008 We investigated the effect of carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in the later stages of pregnancy on levels of antibody specific to the S. aureus toxins, staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), staphylococcal enterotoxin C (SEC) and toxic shock syndrome toxin-
Al Madani +37 more
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Toxic shock-like syndrome and COVID-19: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 Early reports of COVID-19 in pediatric populations emphasized a mild course of disease with severe cases disproportionately affecting infant and comorbid pediatric patients.
A. G. Greene +3 more
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Extracellular ATP drives systemic inflammation, tissue damage and mortality [PDF]
, 2014 Systemic inflammatory response syndromes (SIRS) may be caused by both infectious and sterile insults, such as trauma, ischemia-reperfusion or burns. They are characterized by early excessive inflammatory cytokine production and the endogenous release of ...
Brouckaert, Peter +4 more
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018 We evaluated the effect of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) on mortality in clindamycin-treated streptococcal toxic shock syndrome using a meta-analysis. In association with IVIG, mortality fell from 33.7% to 15.7% with remarkable consistency across the
T. Parks +4 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999 BACKGROUND: The majority of menstrual toxic shock syndrome (MTSS) cases are caused by a single clone of Staphylococcus aureus that produces both toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) and staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA).
Monica L De Boer +2 more
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Waterhouse friderichsen syndrome in a case of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome
Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2016 Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare and potentially fatal multi system dysfunction. The syndrome occurs primarily due to TSS Toxin-1 (TSS-1) liberated by Staphylococcus aureus (SA).
Devdeep Mukherjee +2 more
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Primary Care Update for OB/GYNS, 2000 Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an acute febrile illness accompanied by watery diarrhea, sunburn rash, vomiting, hypotension, and multiple organ involvement. When it was initially recognized 20 years ago, TSS was primarily associated with menstruation. Since then, the frequency of menstrual TSS has decreased dramatically.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA ( host institution ) +1 more
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Síndrome do choque tóxico por Streptococcus pyogenes.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2011 Recently there has been an exponential increase in invasive infections caused by Streptococcus ß hemolyticus group A. In about one third of cases they are complicated by toxic shock syndrome, characterized by septic shock and multiorgan failure.
Rui Antunes +4 more
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