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The term "toxic shock syndrome" was first used in 1978 by a Denver pediatrician, James K. Todd, to describe the staphylococcal illness in three boys and four girls aged 8–17 years. [28] Even though S. aureus was isolated from mucosal sites in the patients, bacteria could not be isolated from the blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or urine, raising ...
About a week later, the girl died from sepsis, a rare bacterial infection linked to using tampons. When Jemma's condition suddenly deteriorated, her parents, Diane and Tony, rushed her to a ...
It happened to 14-year-old Molly Pawlett, from England, after she accidentally left her tampon in for too long. Initially, her mom thought her daughter was just ill, but then she noticed a rash ...
Septic shock is a result of a systemic response to infection or multiple infectious causes. The precipitating infections that may lead to septic shock if severe enough include but are not limited to appendicitis, pneumonia, bacteremia, diverticulitis, pyelonephritis, meningitis, pancreatitis, necrotizing fasciitis, MRSA and mesenteric ischemia.
S. aureus is also implicated [6] in toxic shock syndrome; during the 1980s some tampons allowed the rapid growth of S. aureus, which released toxins that were absorbed into the bloodstream. Any S. aureus infection can cause the staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, a cutaneous reaction to exotoxin absorbed into the
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In septic shock the blood flow in the microvasculature is abnormal with some capillaries underperfused and others with normal to high blood flow. [5] The endothelial cells lining the blood vessels become less responsive to vasoconstrictive agents, lose their glycocalyx (normal coating) and negative ionic charge, become leaky and cause extensive ...
An 8-year-old Colorado girl's suspected food allergy turned out to be a life-threatening diagnosis that is often linked to the use of tampons.