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  • Nipple piercing may have caused fatal infection in Newfoundland 17-year-old

    03/10/2006 6:07:07 PM PST · by wagglebee · 22 replies · 483+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 3/10/06 | Canadian Press
    (CP) - A 17-year-old Newfoundland girl is believed to have died from toxic shock syndrome - and the infection that killed her may have resulted from a nipple piercing, the province's chief medical examiner says. Dr. Simon Avis said in an interview from St. John's that the teenage girl, who died Thursday, had been admitted to hospital earlier this week "with medical problems that were quite complex." Her name has not been released. Avis said it is too early to say for certain that the apparent toxic shock syndrome was caused by infection at the site of the piercing. An...