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Use of Hemadsorption in a Case of Pediatric Toxic Shock Syndrome.

Andrea BerkesEdit SzikszayJános KappelmayerAdrienne KerényiTamás SzabóLászló UjhelyiKrisztina BariGyörgy BallaJózsef Balla
Published in: Case reports in critical care (2017)
The use of extracorporeal blood purification with CytoSorb proved potentially beneficial by removing toxins and inflammatory mediators in this case and could therefore play a role in the clinical management of toxic shock syndrome. Whether CytoSorb has the potential to even positively influence mortality in patients with toxic shock syndrome still needs to be confirmed.
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