Superantigen-mediated shock from Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes.
- Specialty
- Pediatrics
- Subspecialty
- Pediatrics / Pediatric infectious disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, menstrual cases; Children: yes
- Gene(s) involved
- HLA-DQB1*06:02, HLA-DRB1*15:01
- Alternative names & eponyms
- TSS
Etiology & mechanism
Superantigen toxin T-cell activation.
Gene(s) involved (2)
Symptoms & signs (6)
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3 shared
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fever, hypotension
2 shared
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2 shared
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fever, hypotension
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fever, hypotension
2 shared
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fever, hypotension
2 shared
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fever, hypotension
2 shared
Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome
fever, hypotension
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