Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in the setting of recent gynecologic surgery: A case report

Michelle Gruttadauria, Jennifer Pollard, Sara Kim, Xun Lian
Case reports in women's health · 2021 · vol. 32 , pp. e00352 · doi:10.1016/j.crwh.2021.e00352 · PMID:34466390 · PMC8385388 · W3195377621
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Abstract

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an acute, toxin-mediated disease process which is commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes. A high level of clinical suspicion is imperative, with prompt antibiotic therapy with a penicillinase-resistant penicillin (vancomycin in areas with increased methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and clindamycin, given the high morbidity and mortality. Here, a case is reported of streptococcal-mediated TSS in a 37-year-old woman with a history of endometriosis, four days after a laparoscopic cystectomy; an intrauterine device (IUD) was left in situ at the time of uterine manipulation and not removed until hospital day 3 of the patient’s readmission. Although no specific guidelines exist for removing IUDs, it is a foreign body and therefore it is recommended that early removal be considered regardless of the level of suspicion that it is the source of sepsis.

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