TY - JOUR AU - Smit, Michael AU - Nyquist, Ann-Christine AU - Todd, James T1 - Infectious Shock and Toxic Shock Syndrome Diagnoses in Hospitals, Colorado, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 11 SP - 1855 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - toxic shock syndrome KW - infectious shock KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - group A streptococcus KW - epidemiology KW - surveillance KW - bacteria KW - Colorado KW - USA KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1911.121547 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/11/12-1547_article ER - End of Reference