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  2. Toxic shock syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a condition caused by bacterial toxins. [1] Symptoms may include fever, rash, skin peeling, and low blood pressure. [1] There may also be symptoms related to the specific underlying infection such as mastitis, osteomyelitis, necrotising fasciitis, or pneumonia.

  3. What you need to know about Toxic Shock Syndrome - AOL

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    Switching it every eight hours may NOT be enough to prevent Toxic Shock Syndrome.

  4. 13-year-old girl dies from bacterial infection linked to ...

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    About a week later, the girl died from sepsis, a rare bacterial infection linked to using tampons. ... vomiting and diarrhea. A later symptom is a rash across the body. After all of these symptoms ...

  5. Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 - Wikipedia

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    Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) is a superantigen with a size of 22 kDa [1] produced by 5 to 25% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates. It causes toxic shock syndrome (TSS) by stimulating the release of large amounts of interleukin-1, interleukin-2 and tumor necrosis factor. In general, the toxin is not produced by bacteria growing in the ...

  6. Septic shock - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. What you need to know about Toxic Shock Syndrome - AOL

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  8. Girl's suspected food allergy diagnosed as life-threatening ...

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    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.

  9. Staphylococcal infection - Wikipedia

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    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