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Case Reports
. 1987 Feb;63(2):167-71.
doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(87)90306-9.

Toxic shock syndrome: odontogenic origin

G W Egbert, A K Simmons, L L Graham
Case Reports

Toxic shock syndrome: odontogenic origin

G W Egbert et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1987 Feb.

Abstract

Although the majority of reported cases of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in the United States continue to be associated with tampon use, TSS also occurs in postpartum women and in patients with pharyngitis, infected surgical wounds, cutaneous and subcutaneous infections, and infections of other body sites. The article presents the case of a 23-year-old black man in whom TSS developed secondary to an odontogenic infection.

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