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Treatment of toxic shock in children
  1. Vivian Giang1,
  2. Brendan McMullan2,3
  1. 1 Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
  2. 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
  3. 3 Discipline of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Brendan McMullan, Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia; b.mcmullan{at}unsw.edu.au

Abstract

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a life-threatening complication of infection typically caused by one of two bacterial species: Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. The outcomes in children with TSS can be devastating. Careful consideration of TSS is required as a potential differential diagnosis of children presenting with sepsis or severe illness associated with fever and rash.

  • Sepsis
  • Infectious Disease Medicine
  • Paediatrics
  • Paediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Intensive Care Units, Paediatric

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Footnotes

  • Contributors VG wrote the article, sourced resources and images with assistance and advice from BM.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer-reviewed.