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staphylococcal toxic-shock syndrome

Disease Summary
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Mondo Description Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (staphylococcal TSS) is an acute disease mediated by the production of superantigenic toxins, characterized by high fever, skin rash followed by skin peeling, hypotension, vomiting, diarrhea and potentially leading to multisystem organ failure and caused by a Staphylococcus aureus bacterial infection.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0020545:  staphylococcal toxic-shock syndrome
Orphanet:99919: 
SCTID:240450004: