Toxic shock — See Toxic shock syndrome. * * * toxic shock n TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME … Medical dictionary
Toxic shock syndrome toxin — (TSST) is a superantigen produced by somewhere between 5% and 25% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates. It causes toxic shock syndrome by stimulating the release of large amounts of interleukin 1, interleukin 2 and tumour necrosis factor. In general … Wikipedia
toxic shock syndrome — n. a disease, esp. of young menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons, characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and, often, shock and caused by a toxin releasing bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus) … English World dictionary
toxic shock syndrome — toxic shock .syndrome n [U] a serious illness that causes a high temperature and is thought to be connected with the use of ↑tampons … Dictionary of contemporary English
toxic shock syndrome — toxic shock ,syndrome noun uncount a serious illness that can be connected to the use of TAMPONS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
toxic shock syndrome — ► NOUN ▪ acute septicaemia in women, typically caused by bacterial infection from a retained tampon or IUD … English terms dictionary
Toxic shock syndrome — Infobox Disease DiseasesDB = 13187 ICD10 = ICD10|A|48|3|a|30 ICD9 = ICD9|040.82 ICDO = OMIM = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2292 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|emerg|600 eMedicine2|derm|425 eMedicine2|ped|2269 MeshID = D012772 Caption = |… … Wikipedia
Toxic shock syndrome — A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized by a highly toxic state (with sudden high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aching) followed by low blood pressure (hypotension) which can … Medical dictionary
toxic shock syndrome — noun syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using… … Useful english dictionary
toxic shock syndrome — Pathol. a rapidly developing, sometimes fatal infection characterized by sudden onset of fever, gastrointestinal upsets, a sunburnlike rash, and a drop in blood pressure: caused by a Staphylococcus aureus toxin and occurring esp. in menstruating… … Universalium
