(2015) Fact Sheet: Toxic shock syndrome (TSS), February 23, 2015. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a serious complication of infection with strains of Staphylococcus aureus that produce TSS toxin-1 (TSST-1) or strains of Streptococcus pyogenes that produce pyrogenic exotoxin A. S. pyogenes is more commonly known as group A streptococcus (GAS).
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Toxic shock syndrome, Public Health, infections |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine > Public health > Environmental health Health and medicine > Public health Health and medicine |
| ID Code: | 33169 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 29 Jul 2020 18:40 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2020 18:40 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/33169 |