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Query: UMLS:C0740441 (
acute diarrhea
)
2,275
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Three days after laminectomy,
toxic shock syndrome
(
TSS
) presented as
acute diarrhea
, rash, and fever in a 62-year-old postmenopausal woman. Forty-eight hours later, the full syndrome of
TSS
developed. Exploration of a benign-appearing wound revealed an occult Staphylococcus aureus infection. This report and literature review underscore the need to consider
TSS
in the differential diagnosis of
acute diarrhea
regardless of age, sex, race, and menstrual status, particularly when there has been recent soft tissue infection, injury, or surgery of any type.
...
PMID:Toxic shock syndrome presenting as postoperative diarrhea in a postmenopausal woman. 684 53
