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2005 Publications and Materials
Clostridium sordellii Toxic Shock Syndrome after Medical Abortion
with Mifepristone and Intravaginal Misoprostol- United States and Canada,
2001-2005 (7/30/05)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm54d722a1.htm
PDF- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm54d722.pdf
The Food and Drug Administration, CDC, and local and state health
departments continue to investigate the cases of four women in the United
States who died after medical abortions during 2003–2005 with Mifeprex®
(mifepristone, formerly RU-486) and intravaginal misoprostol. A fifth death
after medical abortion with the same drugs was reported in 2001, in Canada.
Three of the deaths have been linked to infection with Clostridium
sordellii.
Letter:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Toxic Shock Syndrome
(3/30/05)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol11no04/04-0893.htm
PDF
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol11no04/pdfs/04-0893.pdf
This is a report of a case of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) due to a
methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain that produced a TSS toxin 1. A
54-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency ward of Brugmann University
Hospital, Brussels, with a 2-day history of myalgia, diarrhea, and vomiting.
She had undergone surgery for a palate neoplasia 2 months earlier, and again
2 weeks earlier, in another hospital. After the second operation, she had
been treated for a local scar infection with amoxicillin–clavulanic acid for
1 week. TSS caused by MRSA strains has been found extensively in Japan,
rarely in the United States, and, thus far, not in Europe.
2003 Publications and Materials
Early and
Definitive Diagnosis of Toxic Shock Syndrome by Detection of Marked
Expansion of T-Cell-Receptor Vβ2-Positive T Cells
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol9no3/02-0360.htm
PDF
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol9no3/pdfs/02-0360.pdf
Two cases are reported of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) with puerperal
infection that could be diagnosed at the early stage of the clinical course
by detecting a marked expansion of T-cell–receptor V 2-positive T cells, as
measured by flow cytometric analysis. The symptoms of one patient were too
complex to permit diagnosis according to the clinical criteria without
evaluation of the TSST-1-reactive T cells. The role of T-cell analysis in
peripheral blood mononuclear cells in the diagnosis of TSS is discussed.
From the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal.
1997 Publications and Materials
Toxic Shock
Syndrome in the United States: 1979-1996
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no6/hajjeh.htm
Menstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS) emerged as a public health threat to
women of reproductive age in 1979–80. Surveillance data was reviewed for the
period 1979 to 1996, when 5,296 cases were reported, and changes in the
epidemiologic features of TSS were discussed in this article.
Toxic Shock Syndrome: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/tss.htm
View women’s health resources related to toxic shock syndrome.
Toxic Shock Syndrome
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/toxicshock_t.htm
Learn more about toxic shock syndrome.
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