Fatal, non-menstrual staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome associated with dental implant

Abstract

Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a life-threatening disease that characterized by rapid onset of fever, rash, hypotension, and multi-organ failure.A 58-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of fatigue, myalgia, and blurred vision which had progressed over 48 hours. His medical history included hypertension and dental implant treatment that lasted 15 days. Despite aggressive medical treatment, which included multiple vasopressors, continuous renal replacement therapy in combination with CytoSorb and broad-spectrum antibiotics, he died 16 hours after admission to the intensive care unit. was detected in his blood and ETA cultures after the patient's death.Staphylococcal TSS is classified as menstrual and non-menstrual. Non-menstrual TSS cases have been documented with increasing frequency in the literature. We present a case of Staphylococcal TSS in a 58-year-old male patient who had a dental surgery history. Our patient died within a few hours after admission to the ICU with signs of multi-organ failure. We wanted to draw attention to this issue by presenting our patient.