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- Title
Toxic shock syndrome in nasal surgery: A physiochemical and microbiologic evaluation of merocel® and nugauze® nasal packing.
- Authors
Breda, Stephen D.; Jacobs, Joseph B.; Lebowitz, Arthur S.; Tierno, Philip M.
- Abstract
A prospective comparison of the microbiologic safety of Merocel® versus NuGauze® nasal packing in 119 surgical patients is presented. Presurgical and postsurgical nasal cultures were obtained, analyzed, and compared. The importance of a preoperative nasal culture isolate of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin Number 1 (TSST-1) producing Staphylococcus aureus in predicting postoperative toxigenic S. aureus isolation and Toxic Shock Syndrome symptomatology is demonstrated. An in vitro comparison of the ability of NuGauze® and Merocel® to amplify TSST-1 production was performed.
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 1987, Vol 97, Issue 12, p1388
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1288/00005537-198712000-00002