J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1994 Jun;37(6):861-871.

Two Cases of Toxic Shock Syndrome(TSS) in Infants

• Park JK
• Choi HJ
• Im HT
• Kim JS
• Shin HK
• Koo CH

Abstract

Much has been learned of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of the toxic shock syndrome (TSS) since the initial description in 1978 by Dr. James K, Todd. The clinical illness is defined by the criteria listed in the case definition formulated for epidemiologic studies. With the advent of widespread recognition of TSS, there have been numerous published reports describing the clinical and laboratory findings, primarily in menstruating females. And there have been also reported about six cases in Korea. Moreover, TSS is uncommon in the prepubertal age group and no case report in infant in Korea. We experienced two cases of TSS in infants aged 11/2 yrs and 9 months associated with respiratory infection-pneumonia, pyopneumothorax and localized skin abscess that were confused with Kawasaki disease (KD). The diagnosis was made on the basis of clinical features and laboratory findings, and the cases met the Centers of Disease Control case definition of TSS. And thus we report these cases and review related literatures.

MeSH Terms

Abscess
Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Infant*
Korea
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
Shock, Septic*
Skin