Toxic shock syndrome: odontogenic origin.

Although the majority of reported cases of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in the United States continue to be associated with tampon use, TSS also occurs in postpartum women and in patients with pharyngitis, infected surgical wounds, cutaneous and subcutaneous infections, and infections of other body sites. The article presents the case of a 23-year-old black man in whom TSS developed secondary to an odontogenic infection.