Anaesthesia and intensive care
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A thirty-year-old female presented with a high fever, conjunctivitis, confusion, vomiting, watery diarrhoea, diffuse erythroderma, shock and oliguric renal failure. Staphylococcus aureus phage 29/52 (Group 1) was isolated from a high vaginal swab. In addition to all the previously reported features which defined toxic shock syndrome, there were pustular skin vesicles, altered red cell morphology, and severe myocardial involvement. Treatment with fluid replacement, cloxacillin, haemodialysis, positive inotropic agents, and supportive measures resulted in a full recovery.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Nov 1981
Letter Case ReportsVentilator malfunction detected by O2 analyser.