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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1995;38(12):1706-1712. Published online December 15, 1995.

Toxic Shock Syndrome in a 13 Year Old Boy

Ji Hye JH Kim¹, Sung Hee SH Oh¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Toxic Shock Syndrome(TSS), known to be mediated by toxins produced by Staphy¡ⓒlococcus aureus, is a potentially fatal multisystemic illness unless treated properly. Although the reported cases of TSS were primarily among menstruating women, more cases of TSS among children, nonmenstruating women and male adults have been reported recently. In Korea, however, TSS has not drawn much attention yet, and no pediatric case with the case definition of TSS has been reported. We herein, report a case of TSS in a 13 year old boy presented with typical manifestations of erythroderma, delayed skin desquamation, hypotension and multiple organ dysfunction subsequent to soft tissue infection due to S. aureus.

Keywords :Toxic shock syndrome, Staphylococcus aureus, Children, Hypotension