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20372048

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
We report our experience of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in a 54-year-old male patient after high orchiectomy for testicular cancer. Four days after the surgery, he began to have diarrhea, high fever, and diffuse erythroderma followed by severe hypotension. There were no signs of postsurgical wound infection, so serious drug eruption was suspected. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was detected in the culture of the drain and result of skin biopsy, leading to the diagnosis of TSS. Following treatment with intravenous fluids, antibiotics, human immunoglobulin and corticosteroids, the symptoms went into remission. TSS progresses rapidly and becomes life-threatening if treatment is delayed. Therefore, when TSS is suspected in postsurgical patients who experience fever of 39 degrees C or higher, dermal erythema, shock, treatment should be started promptly.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0018-1994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case report of toxic shock syndrome after high orchiectomy].
pubmed:affiliation
The Department of Urology, Matsusaka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports