TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME COMPLICATING INFLUENZA-A IN A CHILD - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW

Despite extensive literature on toxic shock syndrome, reports of its m anifestations in children remain relatively uncommon. Similarly, toxic shock syndrome in association with influenza B or influenza-like illn ess has been reported in 12 patients, but it has been reported to occu r following influenza A in only two patients to date. We report a thir d case of toxic shock syndrome in a child with influenza A and review the association between epidemic influenza and toxic shock syndrome (' 'the Thucydides syndrome'').