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Toxic Shock Syndrome: A Literature Review

Antibiotics
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare, life-threatening, toxin-mediated infectious process linked, in the vast majority of cases, to toxin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes.
Enora Atchade, Christian De Tymowski, Nathalie Grall, Sébastien Tanaka, Philippe Montravers   +4 more
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Nonproduction of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 by coagulase-negative staphylococci [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1987
We tested 187 strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) for the production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1). A total of 111 CNS strains were isolated from the tampons of menstruating women and 74 were isolated from unused tampons. Two strains were isolated from the genital tract of a patient with toxic shock syndrome.
J, Parsonnet, A E, Harrison, S E, Spencer, A, Reading, K C, Parsonnet, E H, Kass   +5 more
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Skin biopsy PCR enables rapid diagnosis of tattoo-associated staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but potentially fatal toxin-mediated disease. Early diagnosis is challenging because blood cultures are frequently negative and clinical manifestations may initially be nonspecific.
Justin Destoop, Sonia Senoune, Aurianne De-Waard, Grégory Dubourg, Nadim Cassir   +4 more
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Menstrual Cup-Associated Toxic Shock Syndrome

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare inflammatory response syndrome associated with an infection by toxigenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus or group A ?-haemolytic Streptococcus.
Christian Neumann, Rene Kaiser, Judith Bauer   +2 more
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Regulation of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 Gene in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecules and Cells, 1997
Staphylococcus aureus produces various proteins in response to discrete signals from the external environment like many other pathogenic microorganisms. Certain staphylococcal exoproteins including toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) are secreted according to the stimuli from the environment, and the quantity synthesized is influenced by a number of ...
J H, Woo, Y S, Kim, S D, Hwang
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A Functional ClpXP Protease is Required for Induction of the Accessory Toxin Genes, tst, sed, and sec

Toxins, 2020
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome is a potentially lethal illness attributed to superantigens produced by Staphylococcus aureus, in particular toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1), but staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are also implicated.
Jenny Schelin, Marianne Thorup Cohn, Barbro Frisk, Dorte Frees   +3 more
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Evolutionary blueprint for host- and niche-adaptation in Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC30

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012
Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC30 has caused infectious epidemics for more than 60 years, and therefore provides a model system to evaluate how evolution has influenced the disease potential of closely related strains. In previous multiple genome
Martin John Mcgavin, Benjamin eArsic, Nicholas Neil Nickerson   +2 more
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Spread of Tst–Positive Staphylococcus aureus Strains Belonging to ST30 Clone among Patients and Healthcare Workers in Two Intensive Care Units

Toxins, 2017
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of infections. Toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1) and Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) are associated with severe clinical syndromes. S. aureus colonizing isolates recovered from healthcare workers and patients in
Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Eleanna Drougka, Fotini Fligou, Vasiliki Dodou, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Kriton S. Filos, Evangelos D. Anastassiou, Efthimia Petinaki, Markos Marangos, Iris Spiliopoulou   +9 more
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Sloughing skin in intravenous drug user

IDCases, 2018
A 32 year old female, an active intravenous drug user, was admitted for fever, myalgias and an erythematous macular rash on her distal extremities. She quickly decompensated and developed septic shock.
Shrein Saini, Robert A. Duncan
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Bacterial Toxins: Friends or Foes?

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
Many emerging and reemerging bacterial pathogens synthesize toxins that serve as primary virulence factors. We highlight seven bacterial toxins produced by well-established or newly emergent pathogenic microbes.
Clare K. Schmitt, Karen C. Meysick, Alison D. O'Brien   +2 more
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