title: Case report: fatal non-menstrual toxic shock in a Chinese woman.
abstract: A fatal case of non-menstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is reported in a Chinese woman, which was associated with a vaginal Staphylococcus aureus infection. Cerebral haemorrhage and vasogenic white matter oedema was shown in cranial computed tomography (CT) before the terminal event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ambrose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008598:Menstruation; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*