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Case Reports
. 1987 Jan;16(1 Pt 2):227-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(87)80068-3.

Toxic shock syndrome as a complication of dermatologic surgery

A C Huntley, J L Tanabe
Case Reports

Toxic shock syndrome as a complication of dermatologic surgery

A C Huntley et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Jan.

Abstract

We report a case of toxic shock syndrome occurring after an excisional skin biopsy in an otherwise healthy woman. Her clean-appearing wound grew Staphylococcus aureus and was implicated as the source of toxin. Dermatologists should be aware that toxic shock syndrome may occur as a complication of simple dermatologic surgery.

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