Infectious Shock and Toxic Shock Syndrome Diagnoses in Hospitals,Colorado, USA |
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| Authors: | Michael A. Smit Ann-Christine Nyquist James K. Todd |
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| Affiliation: | Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (M.A. Smit); ;University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA (A.-C. Nyquist, J.K. Todd); ;Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora (A.-C. Nyquist, J.K. Todd); ;Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora (A.-C. Nyquist, J.K. Todd) |
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| Abstract: | In Colorado, USA, diagnoses coded as toxic shock syndrome (TSS) constituted 27.3% of infectious shock cases during 1993–2006. The incidence of staphylococcal TSS did not change significantly overall or in female patients 10–49 years of age but increased for streptococcal TSS. TSS may be underrecognized among all ages and both sexes. |
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| Keywords: | toxic shock syndrome infectious shock Staphylococcus aureus group A streptococcus epidemiology surveillance bacteria Colorado |
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