title: Toxic shock syndrome.
abstract: Eight cases of toxic shock syndrome, confirmed by Center for Disease Control criteria, involved women who were menstruating and were tampon users. Each patient had severe febrile illness with rash, associated hypotension, renal and liver function abnormalities, pharyngitis and vaginitis. An examination of the literature indicates that cases that were reported as adult Kawasaki disease may actually have been toxic shock syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome