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an acute multisystem illness of high fever, rash, hypotension and later skin peeling caused by staphylococcal toxins, first described in children.

In infectious diseases, toxic shock syndrome refers to an acute multisystem illness of high fever, rash, hypotension and later skin peeling caused by staphylococcal toxins, first described in children. This meaning comes from Todd (1978) in The Lancet.[1]

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  1. Todd, J., Fishaut, M., Kapral, F., & Welch, T. (1978). Toxic-shock Syndrome Associated with Phage-group-i Staphylococci. The Lancet, 312(8100), 1116-1118. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(78)92274-2

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