Postpartum Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by a Perineal Infection

Table 1

Definite cases of postpartum MRSA toxic shock syndrome.

First author	publication year	vaginal delivery or caesarean section	time TSS developed after delivery	complicating factor	cultures with MRSA	antibiotics	surgeries performed for control of infection	maternal outcome	detected toxin
J. I. Andrews [4]	2008	Caesarean section	4 weeks	mastitis	breast fluid	clindamycin piperacillin/; tazobactam vancomycin	none	survived	enterotoxin B
C. Collet [5]	2009	Vaginal delivery	4 weeks	endometritis	vaginal	Cefotaxime vancomycin metronidazole	hysterectomy	survived	TSST-1
present case	2017	Vaginal delivery	12 days	surgical wound	vaginal	Ceftriaxone clindamycin	none	survived	TSST-1