infection

Toxic shock syndrome

Toxic (TSS) is a condition caused by toxins. Symptoms may include fever, rash, skin peeling, and low blood pressure. There may also be symptoms related to the specific underlying such as , , necrotising , or .

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Fever, rash, skin peeling, low blood pressure

Causes — why it happens

· pyogenes, aureus, others

How it's found

·Based on symptoms

Treatment

·, incision and drainage of any ,

Complications

·, kidney failure

Outlook

·Risk of death: ~50% (), ~5% (staphylococcal)

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