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Toxin-Mediated Illnesses

Number of Conditions: 1

Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)

Specialty: Infectious Diseases

Category: Bacterial Infections

Sub-category: Toxin-Mediated Illnesses

Symptoms:
fever; rash; low blood pressure; desquamation of skin; multisystem organ failure

Root Cause:
Toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes leading to systemic inflammatory response.

How it's Diagnosed: videos
Clinical evaluation, cultures, and toxin identification.

Treatment:
Antibiotics, supportive care for shock, and surgical debridement if necessary.

Medications:
Clindamycin (inhibits toxin production) combined with vancomycin or penicillin for bacterial eradication. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) may be considered.

Prevalence: How common the health condition is within a specific population.
Rare; associated with tampon use, wounds, or post-surgical infections.

Risk Factors: Factors or behaviors that increase the likelihood of developing the condition.
Tampon use, wounds, surgical procedures, immune suppression.

Prognosis: The expected outcome or course of the condition over time.
With early treatment, survival is high; delayed treatment increases mortality risk.

Complications: Additional problems or conditions that may arise as a result of the original condition.
Multisystem organ failure, death.