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ID DOID:14115
Name toxic shock syndrome
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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_shock_syndrome
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ICD10CM:A48.3

ICD9CM:040.82

MESH:D012772

NCI:C35498

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:18504008

UMLS_CUI:C0600327

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DO_infectious_disease_slim

gram-positive_bacterial_infectious_disease

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toxic shock [EXACT]

TSS [EXACT]

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is_a commensal bacterial infectious disease

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