Toxic shock syndromes

K. B. Laupland; H. Dele Davies

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34406-3_25

Toxic shock syndromes

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Abstract

Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) was first described in seven children aged 8-17 years by Todd et al. in 1978 [1]. It shortly thereafter became well known as an illness of menstruating women who used tampons [2, 3]. The syndrome is characterized by rapid onset of fever, hypotension, and multisystem failure with desquamating rash occurring in convalescence [4]. The majority of early cases reported were menstrually associated (MTSS) but this has been changing with an increasing proportion of cases non-menstrually associated (NMTSS) [5].

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Infectious Diseases in Critical Care
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	263-270
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783540344056
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34406-3_25
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2007

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Laupland, K. B., & Davies, H. D. (2007). Toxic shock syndromes. In Infectious Diseases in Critical Care (pp. 263-270). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34406-3_25

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