Sánchez-Izquierdo Riera J A, Medina Asensio J, Moreno Sánchez D, Fernández Rodríguez R, Martínez Fernández R, Perpiñá C
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Rev Clin Esp. 1990 May;186(9):444-6.
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a potentially fatal acute disease preferentially affecting menstruating women and is related to the use of vaginal tampons seems to be due to an specific exotoxin produced by some Staphylococcus aureus strains. We present here the case of a male patients suffering cavitated pneumonia who developed a systemic clinical picture comparable to TSS. This unusual form of presentation is discussed as well as the diagnostic criteria which define this entity.
中毒性休克综合征（TSS）是一种潜在致命的急性疾病，好发于经期女性，似乎与使用阴道卫生棉条有关，这可能是由某些金黄色葡萄球菌菌株产生的一种特定外毒素所致。我们在此报告一例患有空洞性肺炎的男性患者，其出现了与TSS相似的全身临床表现。本文将讨论这种不寻常的表现形式以及定义该病症的诊断标准。
