Toxic shock syndrome as a complication of breast
prostheses.
Plast Reconstr Surg Vol. 96 no. 7 pp. 1702-8
DATE: 1995 Dec
Abstract
A case of a 21-year-old woman who developed toxic shock syndrome 6 days after
augmentation mammaplasty with saline breast implants is reported. The
infecting organism was S. aureus that was toxic shock syndrome exotoxin
1-negative and staphylococcal endotoxin B-positive. The causes and etiology of
this rare postoperative complication are discussed.
Poblete JV Rodgers JA Wolfort FG
Number of references: 54
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New England Deaconess Hospital,
Boston, Mass, USA.
1995 960822
