Toxic-shock syndrome - United States.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | June 6, 1997 | Copyright

Cases of a newly recognized illness known as toxic-shock syndrome (1) have recently been reported to CDC by state health departments in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Utah, and Idaho. Physicians in 8 other states have reported individual cases to CDC or to investigators at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Toxic-shock syndrome typically begins suddenly with high fever, vomiting, and profuse watery diarrhea, sometimes accompanied by sore throat, headache, and myalgias. The disease progresses to hypotensive shock within 48 hours, and the patient develops a ...

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