Campylobacter jejuni: A Previously Unreported Cause of Toxic Shock Syndrome

This is a case of a previously healthy middle-aged woman who presented with dyspnea after several days of an acute diarrheal illness. She developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring mechanical ventilation and met clinical and laboratory criteria for toxic shock syndrome (TSS). Sto...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2022-10, Vol.14 (10), p.e30046
Main Authors: Garcia, Jr, Glenn E, Lake, Alexander, Sorresso, Domenick, Staffetti, Joseph F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Blood pressure
Campylobacter
Case reports
Diagnostic tests
Diarrhea
Disease
Dysentery
Fever
Gastroenterology
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Hemoglobin
Hospitals
Hypotension
Infections
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Laboratories
Meningitis
Pneumonia
Skin
Vagina
Ventilators
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Summary:This is a case of a previously healthy middle-aged woman who presented with dyspnea after several days of an acute diarrheal illness. She developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring mechanical ventilation and met clinical and laboratory criteria for toxic shock syndrome (TSS). Stool studies were positive for After a literature review, this was found to be the only reported case of gastroenteritis leading to TSS. This is the first documentation of TSS as a rare, life-threatening, complication of infection.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.30046