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Toxic Shock Syndrome

Known as: TSS, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Shock, Toxic, Syndromes, Toxic Shock 
A rare acute life-threatening systemic bacterial noncontagious illness caused by any of several related staphylococcal exotoxins. It is characterized… (More)
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Communicable DiseasesSeptic ShockShockStaphylococcal Infections
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Communicable Diseases, EmergingEndotoxic shockPediatric Adverse Events TerminologyPediatric Terminology
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Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome

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Toxic Shock Syndrome
Shock
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A Glimpse of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome from Comparative Genomics of S. suis 2 Chinese Isolates
BACKGROUND Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2) is an important zoonotic pathogen, causing more than 200 cases of severe human… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2
BACKGROUND Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2, SS2) is a major zoonotic pathogen that causes only sporadic cases of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
Perhaps more noteworthy than the emergence of Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (StrepTSS) is its persistence for a period of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Evolutionary genomics of Staphylococcus aureus: insights into the origin of methicillin-resistant strains and the toxic shock syndrome epidemic.
An emerging theme in medical microbiology is that extensive variation exists in gene content among strains of many pathogenic… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Multiplex PCR for detection of genes for Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins, exfoliative toxins, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, and methicillin resistance.
A multiplex PCR assay for detection of genes for staphylococcal enterotoxins A to E (entA, entB, entC, entD, and entE), toxic… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome--a comparative observational study. The Canadian Streptococcal Study Group.
Twenty-one consecutive patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) between December 1994 and April 1995 were treated… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Severe group A streptococcal infections associated with a toxic shock-like syndrome and scarlet fever toxin A.
There is concern that group A streptococci, which have caused less serious infections in developed countries in recent decades… (More)
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
The toxic shock syndrome exotoxin structural gene is not detectably transmitted by a prophage.
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a complex of generalized symptoms caused by a local staphylococcal infection, and a circulating… (More)
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Identification and characterization of an exotoxin from Staphylococcus aureus associated with toxic-shock syndrome.
Toxic-shock syndrome (TSS) is believed to be caused by a toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus. An exotoxin has been identified… (More)
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Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
820 Toxic Shock Syndrome Associated with Phage Group I Staphylococci
Six otherwise normal children (ages 8-16 years) have presented sporadically in 1977 with a clinically distinct syndrome of high… (More)
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