A Tornado Ripping Through the Body: Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
(MedPage Today) -- The recent warning from Tokyo public health officials regarding the rising numbers of invasive group A Streptococcus infections, including cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), raises important questions regarding... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 3, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Are Deadly Strep Infections on the Rise? Here's What to Know
(MedPage Today) -- Japan has been experiencing a dramatic rise in cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), according to the country's National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) and as reported in the Japan Times.
In 2023, a record... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Tennessee piano starlet Mathias Uribe, 14, has his hands AND feet AMPUTATED after flu-like illness led to deadly toxic shock syndrome
Mathias Uribe, 14, from Sumer County, became ill with what appeared to be just a regular cold in mid-June but within weeks could barely breathe and was rushed to the ER. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tennessee piano starlet, 14, has his hands AND feet AMPUTATED after flu-like illness led to deadly toxic shock syndrome
Mathias Uribe, 14, from Sumer County, became ill with what appeared to be just a regular cold in mid-June but within weeks could barely breathe and was rushed to the ER. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DHS Monitoring Increase in Toxic Shock Syndrome Cases
Since July 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has received five reports of toxic shock syndrome (TSS), with four cases associated with super absorbency tampon use by teenage females. No deaths have been reported. TSS is a serious illness caused by bacteria that can produce toxins. In a typical year, Wisconsin sees zero to one TSS cases. The last confirmed TSS case in the state was in 2011. “Toxic shock syndrome can progress rapidly leading to complications such as shock...(see release)JenniferC.MillerFebruary 6, 2023 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - February 6, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: JenniferC.Miller Source Type: news
What is in the Differential Diagnosis for Red, Orange or Yellow Skin Conditions?
Discussion
This is the first in a short case series of differential diagnoses of colored skin conditions.
A differential diagnosis by distribution and common pattern can be found here.
For green, blue and violet conditions, a review can be found here.
For black and white conditions, a review can be found here.
For brown and grey conditions, a review can be found here.
Note that any color can be a normal variant for an individual or is physiologic for a given state.
The skin is the largest organ of the body. It can be easily examined but for many clinicians continues to be difficult to describe what they are seeing. Analo...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 25, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Systemic infections associated with tattoos or permanent makeup: A systematic review.
Conclusions: Bacterial bloodstream infections should be considered in subjects developing fever and rigour after tattoos, regardless of local symptoms. A shift in causative organisms has been documented, when comparing with historical reports. NTM are emerging organisms causing lymphadenopathy. Strict hygiene conditions are essential when performing a tattoo. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What are the Main Differences Between MIS-C and Kawasaki Disease?
Discussion
SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 was first observed in Wuhan China in late 2019. By March 2020 it had spread to become a world-wide pandemic and continues today despite vaccination and other public health measures. Early on people were worried that children would be the major age group affected, but the major groups were older individuals and those with underlying health problems. That is not to say that children are not affected as they were and could have severe disease. However as an overall group, they tend to get the virus and have less severe symptoms than adults. Severe disease is about 1% of pediatric cases compar...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 22, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Are Toxin-Mediated Diseases?
Discussion
A poison is a generic term for “a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.” A toxin is more specific and is “any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diphtheria, etc., and such plant and animal toxins as ricin and snake venom.” A toxin does not include those substances that are made synthetically produced. Venom is also a toxin that is used by animals and insects for predation or defense which can cause ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 12, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Pediatric Sepsis in the Time of Coronavirus Disease 2019
The volume of data and studies on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has grown at a pace as unprecedented as the pandemic itself. Statistics and findings change weekly. Although pediatric cases have thankfully remained a small minority (1.7 –2%) of overall worldwide COVID-19 cases (2), the potential for severe illness in children remains and grows. Rapidly published pediatric case series have identified severe critical COVID-19–related illnesses associated with primary SARS-CoV-2 infection and findings consistent with ...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
Title: Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 3/5/2009 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Womens Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Womens Health General - September 25, 2020 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
COVID-19: paediatric surveillance, PHE (updated 28th July 2020)
Children represent a small proportion of the total number of confirmed cases, with older adults and those with underlying co-morbidities particularly affected by the current global pandemic. Whilst this is reassuring for paediatricians, there are limited data on childhood SARS-CoV-19 infections, especially from Europe.
28 July 2020 Added updated sKIDs protocol. 12 June 2020 Added studies 5 to 7: RAPID-19 study; sKIDs COVID-19 surveillance in school children; and Multi-system inflammatory syndrome, Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antibodies May Tame Inflammatory Condition in Kids
The inflammatory condition mimics some of the symptoms seen in toxic shock syndrome and a serious heart condition called Kawasaki disease. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Adolescents with COVID-19
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/15/2020.
This three-page document describes reports from Europe and North America about clusters of children and adolescents requiring admission to intensive care units with a multisystem inflammatory condition with some features similar to those of Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome, and which may be related to COVID-19. It provides a preliminary case definition and case report form for multisystem inflammatory disorder in children and adolescents.
(PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children: Rapid Risk Assessment
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 5/15/2020.
This 18-page report provides details about how several countries affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic recently reported cases of children who were hospitalized in intensive care due to a rare pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS). The presenting signs and symptoms are a mix of the ones for Kawasaki disease (KD) and toxic shock syndrome (TSS) and are characterized, among others, by fever, abdominal pain, and cardiac involvement. Risk communication is needed to raise awareness in the medic...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
