toxic shock syndrome (DOID:14115)
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Synonyms: toxic shock; TSS
Alt IDs: ICD10CM:A48.3, ICD9CM:040.82, MESH:D012772, NCI:C35498, UMLS_CUI:C0600327
Definition: A commensal bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection, has_material_basis_in Streptococcus pyogenes or has_material_basis_in Staphylococcus aureus, which produce toxins that are absorbed systemically and produce the systemic manifestations. The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom rash, has_symptom hypotension, has_symptom multiorgan failure, has_symptom desquamation, has_symptom vomiting, has_symptom diarrhea, has_symptom headache, and has_symptom nonfocal neurologic abnormalities.