毒素性ショック症候群

Key facts

Specialty

Infectious disease

Symptoms

Fever , rash , skin peeling , low blood pressure

Complications

Shock, kidney failure

Usual onset

Rapid

Types

Staphylococcal (menstrual and nonmenstrual), streptococcal

Causes

Streptococcus pyogenes , Staphylococcus aureus , others

Risk factors

Very absorbent tampons , skin lesions in young children

Diagnostic method

Based on symptoms

Differential diagnosis

Sepsis , Septic shock , Kawasaki's disease , Stevens–Johnson syndrome , scarlet fever

Treatment

Antibiotics , incision and drainage of any abscesses , intravenous immunoglobulin

Prognosis

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