• Der Orthopäde · Nov 2010

    Case Reports

    [Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) after a postsurgery knee infection].

    • M de Jesus Pereira and K Jäckle.
    • Klinik für Unfallchirurgie und Sporttraumatologie, Kliniken Südostbayern AG Krankenhaus, Riedelstrasse 5, 83435, Bad Reichenhall. mdjpereira@gmx.de
    • Orthopade. 2010 Nov 1; 39 (11): 1062-4.

    AbstractWe report on a case of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in a 17-year-old healthy patient after surgery of the right knee joint following a traumatic patella luxation. Two days after the intervention the patient showed fever, diarrhea, cough, and a diffuse erythroderma without any signs of postsurgical wound infection. Septic shock and acute renal failure followed. It was possible to identify a Staphylococcus, which originated the toxic shock toxin. As result of treatment, full recovery was achieved. TSS can occur in its full picture in a postoperative wound infection in a young healthy patient without showing local signs of infection at the operation site.

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