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Toxic Shock Syndrome - References
SYMPTOMS & TREATMENTS
Citations
Ainbinder SW, et al. (2007). Toxic shock syndrome section of Sexually transmitted diseases and pelvic infections. In AH DeCherney et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 689–691. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Que Y-A, Moreillon P (2010). Staphylococcus aureus (including staphylococcal toxic shock). In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2543–2578. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
Moreillon P, et al. (2005). Staphylococcus aureus (including staphylococcal toxic shock). In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2321–2351. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
Darenberg J, et al. (2007). Molecular and clinical characteristics of invasive group A streptococcal infection in Sweden. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 45(4): 450–458.
Other Works Consulted
American Public Health Association (2008). Toxic shock syndrome. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th ed., pp. 576–577. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/groupastreptococcal_g.htm.
Stevens DL (2008). Streptococcal infections. In L Goldman, D Ausiello, eds., Cecil Medicine, 23rd ed., vol. 2, pp. 2176–2183. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Stevens DL, et al. (2006). Successful treatment of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome with linezolid: A case report and in vitro evaluation of the production of toxic shock syndrome toxin type 1 in the presence of antibiotics. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 42: 729–731.
Teltscher MS, Dascal A (2009). Toxic shock syndrome. In RE Rakel, ET Bope, eds., Conn’s Current Therapy 2009, pp. 86–90. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: March 2, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Dennis L. Stevens, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease | |
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