TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 88. Toxic Shock
A1  - Weidner, Vicky
A2  - Cline, David M.
A2  - Ma, O. John
A2  - Cydulka, Rita K.
A2  - Meckler, Garth D.
A2  - Handel, Daniel A.
A2  - Thomas, Stephen H.
PY  - 2012
T2  - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 7e
AB  - Toxic  shock  syndrome  (TSS)  is  a  severe,  life-threatening  syndrome  that  can  progress  rapidly  to  multisystem  dysfunction,  severe  electrolyte  disturbances,  renal  failure  and  shock.  Colonization  or  infection  by  Staphylococcus  aureus  has  been  implicated  in  the  majority  of  cases.  Although  TSS  was  initially  related  to  menstruating  females,  now  the  spectrum  of  patients  at  risk  includes  both  genders  and  all  ages.  Risk  factors  for  TSS  includes  recent  menstruation,  postpartum  or  postabortion  status,  cutaneous  lesions  such  as  burns,  tattoos,  piercings,  varicella  lesions  or  recent  surgical  sites,  and  intracavitary  foreign  objects  such  as  nasal  packing,  intrauterine  devices,  and  vaginal  sponges.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56275062
ER  -