[Toxic shock syndrome without any relation to the use of tampons or staphylococcal infection].
Toxic shock syndrome is a generalized disease traditionally thought to be caused by toxinproducing strains of Staphylococcus aurus. The syndrome is characterized by fever, hypotension, erythema of the skin, erythematous desquamation and multiple organ involvement. We present a case where the causative agent was most probably streptococci, thus demonstrating that the syndrome probably has a heterogeneous, toxin-related etiology.
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
Toksisk sjokk-syndrom. Uten relasjon til tampongbruk eller stafylokokkinfeksjon.