Toxic shock syndrome toxin
- Toxic shock syndrome toxin
Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin (TSST) is a superantigen produced by somewhere between 5% and 25% of "Staphylococcus aureus" isolates. It causes toxic shock syndrome by stimulating the release of large amounts of interleukin-1, interleukin-2 and tumour necrosis factor. In general, the toxin is not produced by bacteria growing in the blood; rather, it is produced at the local site of an infection, and then enters the blood stream.
It crosslinks the TCR peptide chain with the peptide chain of the MHC-class II molecule.(DR. Mrugesh K Patel)
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Toxic shock syndrome — Infobox Disease DiseasesDB = 13187 ICD10 = ICD10|A|48|3|a|30 ICD9 = ICD9|040.82 ICDO = OMIM = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2292 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|emerg|600 eMedicine2|derm|425 eMedicine2|ped|2269 MeshID = D012772 Caption = |… … Wikipedia
toxic shock syndrome — (tok sik) A staphylococcal disease that most commonly affects females who use certain types of tampons during menstruation. It is associated with the production of toxic shock syndrome toxin by certain strains of Staphylococcus aureus … Dictionary of microbiology
toxic shock syndrome — n. a disease, esp. of young menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons, characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and, often, shock and caused by a toxin releasing bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus) … English World dictionary
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Toxic shock syndrome — A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized by a highly toxic state (with sudden high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aching) followed by low blood pressure (hypotension) which can … Medical dictionary
toxic shock syndrome — noun Medicine a sometimes fatal syndrome caused by a toxin released by a bacterial infection; most common in women during or immediately after menstruation, and which has been associated with tampon use when the toxin enters the bloodstream… …
toxic shock syndrome — Endotoxic shock caused by bacterial contamination of tampons; toxin responsible is produced by some strains of Staphylococcus aureus … Dictionary of molecular biology
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