Mastitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) secondary to mastitis or breast abscess is only seldom described. We report a case of definite TSS due to postpartum staphylococcal mastitis which evolved over a period of 3 weeks to a breast abscess, recurring after 2 months. Only the episode of acute mastitis was complic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica 1989, Vol.68 (1), p.87-88
Hauptverfasser:	Demey, Hendrik E., Hautekeete, Marc L., Buytaert, Philip, Bossaert, Leo L., Demey, H. E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscess - complications Abscess - microbiology Adult Biological and medical sciences Breast Diseases - complications Breast Diseases - microbiology Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation Disorders Female Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Humans Mastitis - complications Mastitis - microbiology Medical sciences Pregnancy Puerperal Infection - complications Puerperal Infection - microbiology Shock, Septic - etiology Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
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Zusammenfassung:	Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) secondary to mastitis or breast abscess is only seldom described. We report a case of definite TSS due to postpartum staphylococcal mastitis which evolved over a period of 3 weeks to a breast abscess, recurring after 2 months. Only the episode of acute mastitis was complicated with TSS, while Staph. aureus could be isolated during the period of mastitis from milk and during drainage of the second breast abscess.
ISSN:	0001-6349 1600-0412
DOI:	10.3109/00016348909087698