TY - JOUR. T1 - Clarithromycin expands CD11b+Gr-1+cells via the STAT3/Bv8 axis to ameliorate lethal endotoxic shock and post-influenza bacterial pneumonia. AU - Namkoong, Ho. AU - Ishii, Makoto. AU - Fujii, Hideki. AU - Yagi, Kazuma. AU - Asami, Takahiro. AU - Asakura, Takanori. AU - Suzuki, Shoji. AU - Hegab, Ahmed E.. AU - Kamata, Hirofumi. AU - Tasaka, Sadatomo. AU - Atarashi, Koji. AU - Nakamoto, Nobuhiro. AU - Iwata, Satoshi. AU - Honda, Kenya. AU - Kanai, Takanori. AU - Hasegawa, Naoki. AU - Koyasu, Shigeo. AU - Betsuyaku, Tomoko. N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Namkoong et al. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 2018/4. Y1 - 2018/4. N2 - Macrolides are used to treat various inflammatory diseases owing to their immunomodulatory properties; however, little is known about their precise mechanism of action. In this study, we investigated the functional significance of the expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC)-like CD11b+Gr-1+cells in response to ...

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MacLaren, G., Butt, W. (2009). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory septic shock in children: One institutions experience. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 10 (4) : 535. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC. ...

LONDON - Currently, generic products dominate the sepsis and septic shock market, as the management of such patients chiefly relies upon antibacterial therapy, fluid resuscitation, vasostimulants, antithrombotic agents, steroids, and immunoprotein therapy.. The competition is intense for these therapy options, and the market has reached saturation with a host of suppliers offering cheap generic drugs. The sepsis and septic shock market is poised to witness the launch of 4 novel first-in-class pipeline therapeutics (Traumakine, BMS-936559, CYT107, and recAP) and 3 improved therapeutic modalities (thrombomodulin, selepressin, and cefiderocol), and also 2 novel hemoperfusion devices such as CytoSorb and Toraymyxin.. The global sepsis and septic shock market in the 7MM is poised to expand at an astonishing CAGR of 7.9%, amounting to USD 5.9 billion in total sales by 2026.. GlobalDatas comprehensive research report OpportunityAnalyzer: Sepsis and Septic Shock - Opportunity Analysis and Forecasts to ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Factors associated with severe sepsis or septic shock in patients with gram negative bacteraemia. T2 - An observational cohort study. AU - Maturu, Mohan V.Sumedha. AU - Kudru, Chandrashekar Udyavara. AU - Eshwara, Vandana Kalwaje. AU - Guddattu, Vasudeva. PY - 2018/12/1. Y1 - 2018/12/1. N2 - Introduction: Sepsis is a systemic, host response to infection that progresses from sepsis to severe sepsis to septic shock. Severe sepsis carries significant morbidity and mortality. In the presence of individual risk factors such as old age, diabetes mellitus, chronic liver and renal disease, the death rate remains high despite treatment with antimicrobial agents. Aim: To determine the factors associated with severe sepsis or septic shock and to identify the factors influencing the mortality among patients with gram-negative bacteraemia. Materials and Methods: In this observational cohort study, 219 patients with gram-negative bacteraemia were screened for the presence of sepsis, severe ...

AZKARATE, I. et al. A prospective, observational severe sepsis/septic shock registry in a tertiary hospital in the province of Guipuzcoa (Spain). Med. Intensiva [online]. 2012, vol.36, n.4, pp.250-256. ISSN 0210-5691.. Objective: To determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the patients with severe sepsis/septic shock admitted to the ICU of Donostia Hospital (Guipuzcoa, Spain), analyzing the prognostic factors and comparing them with the existing data at national level. Design: A prospective observational study was carried out during a consecutive 3-year period (1 Feb. 2008-31 Dec. 2010). Setting: The ICU of Donostia Hospital, the only third level hospital in the province of Guipúzcoa, with a recruitment population of 700,000 inhabitants. Results: In the course of the study period, 6,263 patients were admitted to our Department: 2,880 were non-coronary patients, and 511 suffered a severe sepsis or septic shock episode upon admission or during their stay in the ICU. Males ...

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Award-Winning Cerebral Palsy Lawyers Helping Children Affected by Sepsis, Septic Shock, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) & Meningitis , Serving Michigan, Ohio, Washington, D.C. & All 50 States Septic shock is a very serious condition that can develop shortly after birth and severely threaten the life of a newborn baby. Septic shock can cause a number of…. ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium that is an immobile coccus able to grow in both aerobic and anaerobic media and which forms grape like clusters. It is commonly found on the skin and nasal mucous membranes of humans and is capable of causing a wide range of disease from mild skin infections to life threatening pneumonia, septic shock and bacterial endocarditis.. Staphylococcus aureus is capable of generating a large array of exotoxins and the clinical syndrome of toxic shock (TSS) has been well documented since the late 1970s. Menstrual TSS has been on the decline over the past 20 years following an aggressive advertising campaign however the incidence of non-menstrual TSS has remained the same. Non-menstrual TSS has been described in respiratory tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections, bone infections and after numerous operations. The incidence remains around 1:100,000. The essential features of TSS are:. ...

Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and related exotoxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus are potent activators of the immune system and cause toxic shock in humans. Currently there is no effective treatment except for the use of intravenous immunoglobulins administered shortly after SEB exposure. Intranasal SEB induces long-lasting lung injury which requires prolonged drug treatment. We investigated the effects of rapamycin, an immunosuppressive drug used to prevent graft rejection, by intranasal administration in a lethal mouse model of SEB-induced shock. The results show that intranasal rapamycin alone delivered as late as 17 h after SEB protected 100% of mice from lethal shock. Additionally, rapamycin diminished the weight loss and temperature fluctuations elicited by SEB. Intranasal rapamycin attenuated lung MCP-1, IL-2, IL-6, and IFNγ by 70%, 30%, 64%, and 68% respectively. Furthermore, short courses (three doses) of rapamycin were sufficient to block SEB-induced shock. Intranasal rapamycin

Streptococcus suis 2 (SS2) has evolved into a highly invasive pathogen responsible for two large-scale outbreaks of streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome (STSLS) in China. Excessive inflammation stimulated by SS2 is considered a hallmark of STSLS, even it also plays important roles in other clinical symptoms of SS2-related disease, including meningitis, septicemia, and sudden death. However, the mechanism of SS2-caused excessive inflammation remains poorly understood. Here, a novel pro-inflammatory protein was identified (HP1330), which could induce robust expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, MCP-1, and IL-1β) in RAW264.7 macrophages. To evaluate the role of HP1330 in SS2 virulence, an hp1330-deletion mutant (Δhp1330) was constructed. In vitro, hp1330 disruption led to a decreased pro-inflammatory ability of SS2 in RAW 264.7 macrophages. In vivo, Δhp1330 showed reduced lethality, pro-inflammatory activity, and bacterial loads in mice. To further elucidate the mechanism of HP1330

TY - JOUR. T1 - Surviving Sepsis Campaign. T2 - International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016. AU - Rhodes, Andrew. AU - Evans, Laura E.. AU - Alhazzani, Waleed. AU - Levy, Mitchell M.. AU - Antonelli, Massimo. AU - Ferrer, Ricard. AU - Kumar, Anand. AU - Sevransky, Jonathan E.. AU - Sprung, Charles L.. AU - Nunnally, Mark E.. AU - Rochwerg, Bram. AU - Rubenfeld, Gordon D.. AU - Angus, Derek C.. AU - Annane, Djillali. AU - Beale, Richard J.. AU - Bellinghan, Geoffrey J.. AU - Bernard, Gordon R.. AU - Chiche, Jean Daniel. AU - Coopersmith, Craig. AU - De Backer, Daniel P.. AU - French, Craig J.. AU - Fujishima, Seitaro. AU - Gerlach, Herwig. AU - Hidalgo, Jorge Luis. AU - Hollenberg, Steven M.. AU - Jones, Alan E.. AU - Karnad, DIlip R.. AU - Kleinpell, Ruth M.. AU - Koh, Younsuck. AU - Lisboa, Thiago Costa. AU - MacHado, Flavia R.. AU - Marini, John J.. AU - Marshall, John C.. AU - Mazuski, John E.. AU - McIntyre, Lauralyn A.. AU - McLean, Anthony S.. AU - Mehta, ...

This case study reports on a 49-year-old male patient (condition post incomplete cross-section paralysis after fracture of the thoracic vertebrae 11 & 12 in the year 2000 and wheel chair dependent ever since), who was admitted to the emergency department via the rescue services with fever, tachycardia and hypotension.. ...

During the last half-century, numerous antiinflammatory agents were tested in dozens of clinical trials and have proven ineffective for treating septic shock. The observation in multiple studies that cell-free hemoglobin (CFH) levels are elevated during clinical sepsis and that the degree of increase correlates with higher mortality suggests an alternative approach. Human haptoglobin binds CFH with high affinity and, therefore, can potentially reduce iron availability and oxidative activity. CFH levels are elevated over approximately 24-48 hours in our antibiotic-treated canine model of S. aureus pneumonia that simulates the cardiovascular abnormalities of human septic shock. In this 96-hour model, resuscitative treatments, mechanical ventilation, sedation, and continuous care are translatable to management in human intensive care units. We found, in this S. aureus pneumonia model inducing septic shock, that commercial human haptoglobin concentrate infusions over 48-hours bind canine CFH, ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Pulse pressure power spectrum predicts volume responsiveness in shock patients without sedation. AU - Lee, Chih Hsin. AU - Wang, Jann Yuan. AU - Wu, Yao Kuang. AU - Chiu, Hung Wen. AU - Lan, Chou Chin. AU - Chang, Hung. AU - Chen, Chi Yuan. PY - 2010. Y1 - 2010. N2 - The authors investigated whether the pulse pressure power spectrum (PPPS) could predict the effect of volume expansion (VE) in shock patients under mechanical ventilation without sedation. The PPPS within a frequency band of 0.15 to 0.75 Hz was developed with an animal model using nine domesticated piglets simulating acute hemorrhagic shock and then validated in 17 nonsedated mechanically ventilated shock patients. Hemodynamic parameters were recorded before and after VE. In the animal model under anesthesia and pressure-controlled ventilation, the absolute and proportional change of cardiac index after VE (ΔCI and ΔCI%) positively correlated with the square root of PPPS (SQRT-PPPS, r = 0.34 and r = 0.72, ...

Adequate adrenocortical function is essential to survive critical illness. The goal of this study was to determine whether eosinophilia could serve as a useful and early marker of adrenal insufficiency in critically ill patients with severe septic shock. During a 1-year period, we prospectively studied 294 ICU patients.16 patients (5.4% of ICU admissions) with eosinophilia more than 3% of the white blood cell count and septic shock unresponsive to adequate fluid and vasopressor therapy, were included. A high dose (250 mcg i.v) corticotropin stimulation test was performed. Eosinophilia (>3%) was diagnosed in 16 patients with vasopressor-unresponsive septic shock. Eosinophilia was present 1.9±0.9d (range 8-96h) before the onset of septic shock. 11/16 patients failed to respond to corticotropin stimulation test above the critical level of 9 mcg/dL rise and 2/16 had baseline cortisol concentration ...

Main description: Severe sepsis and septic shock are the most serious compli- cations of bacterial infections. Both gram-positive and gram- negative bacteria can trigger these extreme inflammatory re- sponses and, by so doing, cause substantial morbidity and mortality. In the United States alone, over 400 000 patients suffer from septicaemia each year, and approximately 100 000 of these patients die despite optimal intensive care and modern antimicrobial therapy. These dramatic figures have prompted intensive research to define the bacterial and host factors involved in the septic response. Scientists from many disciplines, including chem- istry, physics, biology, medical microbiology, immunology, and pharmacology, have worked closely with clinicians to achieve rapid and profound progress. To translate this newly acquired knowledge into clinical practice, clinical trials have also been performed to evaluate numerous new therapeutic drugs. The disappointing results from these trials have ...

Originally, toxic shock syndrome was linked to the use of super-absorbent tampons. Research led to better tampons and better habits for using them, such as changing them often. The number of TSS cases dropped dramatically. Today about half of all TSS cases are related to menstruation.. The contraceptive sponge and the diaphragm, two types of birth control, have been linked to TSS. Toxic shock syndrome also can affect someone with any type of staph infection, including:. ...

Blood transfusions have been a central component of protocols for care of severe sepsis and septic shock, ever since the single-center 2001 Rivers trial included them in its interventions. Any benefit (or harm) caused by red cell transfusion independently was unknowable, and so the therapy became standard care as part of the so-called sepsis bundle. The Surviving Sepsis guidelines have generally advised transfusion to a hematocrit of 30% or hemoglobin of 10 g/dL during the first 6 hours of septic shock if hypoperfusion (low central venous oxygenation) is present despite fluids and vasopressors.. However, the inclusion of red cell transfusion in sepsis bundles has been frequently challenged, based on the weak observational evidence for its benefit, compared to robust evidence from randomized trials showing transfusion above a hemoglobin of 7 g/dL is unhelpful generally. This finding has been shown in the critically ill (the TRICC trial), after hip surgery (FOCUS trial) and in non-critically ill ...

Lauren Wesser who had her leg amputed due to a a rare tampon infection now educates girls about Toxic Shock Syndrome. | This model lost her leg to Toxic Shock Syndrome. What is it?

Special Articles Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock R. Phillip Dellinger, MD; Jean M. Carlet, MD; Henry Masur, MD; Herwig Gerlach, MD, PhD; Thierry Calandra, MD; Jonathan Cohen, MD; Juan Gea-Banacloche, MD, PhD; Didier Keh, MD; John C. Marshall, MD; Margaret M. Parker, MD; Graham Ramsay, MD; Janice L. Zimmerman, MD; Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD; Mitchell M. Levy, MD; for the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Management Guidelines Committee Sponsoring Organizations: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Thoracic Society, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, European Respiratory Society, International Sepsis Forum, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Infection Society. Objective: In 2003, critical care and infectious disease ...

INTRODUCTION: N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a cardiac biomarker that has recently shown to be of diagnostic value in a diagnosis of decompensated heart failure, acute coronary syndromes and other conditions resulting in myocardial stretch. We sought to study whether sepsis-induced myocardial dilation would result in an elevation of NT-proBNP. METHOD: Serum NT-proBNP measurements were made in six consecutive patients with septic shock within 6 hours of admission to the intensive care unit. RESULTS: Markedly elevated levels of NT-proBNP were found in all six patients. CONCLUSIONS: NT-proBNP levels can be markedly elevated in critically ill patients presenting with septic shock. An elevated NT-proBNP level in a critically ill patient is not specific for decompensated heart failure ...

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Handbook of Mediators in Septic Shock presents a comprehensive, systematic evaluation of the various putative mediators of septic shock through the use of

TY - JOUR. T1 - Cardiac Performance by Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Biomarker, Kidney Function, and Venous Oxygen Saturation as Mortality Predictors of Septic Shock. AU - Rahasto, Pudjo. AU - Setianto, Budhi. AU - Timan, Ina S.. AU - Suhendro, Suhendro. AU - Sukrisman, Lugyanti. AU - Sukamawan, Renan. AU - Sudaryo, Mondastri K.. AU - Kabo, Peter. PY - 2019/1/1. Y1 - 2019/1/1. N2 - BACKGROUND: cardiac function in patients with septic shock at the cellular level can be assessed by measuring troponin I and NT Pro BNP levels. Venous oxygen saturation is measured to evaluate oxygen delivery and uptake by organ tissue. Our study may provide greater knowledge and understanding on pathophysiology of cardiovascular disorder in patients with septic shock. This study aimed to evaluate the roles of echocardiography, cardiovascular biomarkers, venous oxygen saturation and renal function as predictors of mortality rate in patients with septic shock. METHODS: this is a prospective cohort study in patients ...

Clinical trial for Toxic Shock Syndrome , Infusion of Prostacyclin (Iloprost) vs Placebo for 72-hours in Patients With Septic Shock Suffering From Organ Failure

This case study reports on a 17-year-old male who reported to the pediatrician at a local rural hospital with complaints of pretibial pain in his right leg, after he accidentally cut his leg while in the fields a few days earlier. He was diagnosedfor having aphlegmon with an abscess followed by surgical debridement with wound nettoyage with no clinical signs of subcutaneous emphysema or necrotising fasciitis. Postoperatively the patients condition deteriorated and after admission to ICU he developed erythema, spreading from the right lower leg to the right upper leg, abdominal wall and the left leg, consistent with toxic shock syndrome and subsequent development of septic shock due to invasive S. aureus infection with respiratory failure, hemodynamic instability treated with vasopressors, hydrocortisone, antibiotic therapy. Due disease severity, CRRT was initiated with a CytoSorbadsorber with the only goal to remove cytokines (despite absence of acute kidney injury and no need for renal ...

BACKGROUND There have been conflicting reports on the efficacy of recombinant human activated protein C, or drotrecogin alfa (activated) (DrotAA), for the treatment of patients with septic shock.. METHODS In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial, we assigned 1697 patients with infection, systemic inflammation, and shock who were receiving fluids and vasopressors above a threshold dose for 4 hours to receive either DrotAA (at a dose of 24 mu g per kilogram of body weight per hour) or placebo for 96 hours. The primary outcome was death from any cause 28 days after randomization.. RESULTS At 28 days, 223 of 846 patients (26.4%) in the DrotAA group and 202 of 834 (24.2%) in the placebo group had died (relative risk in the DrotAA group, 1.09; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.92 to 1.28; P = 0.31). At 90 days, 287 of 842 patients (34.1%) in the DrotAA group and 269 of 822 (32.7%) in the placebo group had died (relative risk, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.90 to 1.19; P = 0.56). Among ...

This campaign was initiated as a joint marketing effort by Eli Lilly and Edward Life Sciences to promote activated protein C (XIGRIS) and central venous catheters which measure the mixed venous oxygen saturation (yes, the same one Rivers held a patent for). The original backbone of the guidelines was the Rivers Trial.. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign has a track record of being sluggish to change based on the emergence of new data. For example, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign continued to recommend the use of central venous pressure and mixed venous oxygen saturation even after the PROCESS and ARISE trials demonstrated that these were non-beneficial. The campaign also has a history of making strong and arbitrary recommendations pulled out of thin air (e.g. 3-hour and 6-hour bundles of care involving fixed volumes of fluid resuscitation).. In 2018, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign issued an update recommending initiation of antibiotics and 30 cc/kg fluid bolus within sixty minutes of emergency ...

Doctors diagnosed the man with septic shock due to an infection with vibrio vulnificus, potentially deadly bacteria found in certain coastal waters that are present in higher concentrations in warmer months.. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vibrio causes 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths each year in the US. Most people become infected by eating raw seafood, particularly oysters, but exposing open wounds to brackish or salt water can also put a person at risk of infection.. People with compromised immune systems, especially those with chronic liver disease, are more likely to get vibriosis.. According to the case report, the patient had a history of cirrhosis of the liver and drank six 12-ounce beers daily.. Within 24 hours of admission, his condition declined with progressive septic shock and multi-organ system failure. Doctors put him on life support and treated him with aggressive antibiotics. Despite initial improvement, he continued to suffer complications related ...

EGDT with intermittent ScvO2 monitoring was associated with reduced mortality and improved organ dysfunction in pediatric septic shock.

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Colleagues share the tools they have developed in their own institutions as they implement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. The Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Recognition and Treatment Protocols are from Stony Brook Medicine.

Scheer, S. et al. Critical Care Medicine. Published online: September 22 2016 Objective: To investigate the impact of a quality improvement initiative for severe sepsis and septic shock focused on the resuscitation bundle on 90-day mortality. Furthermore, effects on compliance rates for antiinfective therapy within the recommended 1-hour interval are evaluated. Design: Prospective observational before-after cohort study.…

BACKGROUND: The world population is mostly male at birth, although there is a shift in predominance over 55 years of age with more females than males. Male gender was recently hypothesized to be a risk factor for sepsis and septic shock; the reasons and the consequences of this odd discrepancy are yet a matter of debate. We investigated the percentage of males and females in a large number of trials performed on septic adult patients admitted to Intensive Care Units. METHODS: We analysed all the multicentre randomized controlled trials ever published in peer-reviewed Journals reporting a significant effect on mortality in intensive care unit septic adult patients; furthermore, we retrieved all the manuscripts dealing with sepsis or septic shock patients published in the last 3 years in the three medical Journals with the highest impact factor ...

Severe sepsis and septic shock are common conditions in various clinical settings. Since mortality rates can be as high as 60 percent, rapid recognition and goal-directed therapy leads to improved survival. While much information about the pathophysiology of the disease and ways to treat it are known, recent updated international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines do not provide a concrete recommendation whether crystalloids or colloids should be administered alone or in a combination to restore hemodynamic endpoints and reduce mortality in a more timely and effective manner. This review spotlights potential new ways to manage a septic patient with a fluid combination therapy.

Sepsis and septic shock are major healthcare problems, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC), which standardised the approach to sepsis, was recently updated. Strategies to decrease the systemic inflammatory response have been proposed to modulate organ dysfunctions. Endotoxin, derived from the membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, is considered a major factor in the pathogenesis of sepsis. Endotoxin adsorption, if effective, has the potential to reduce the biological cascade of Gram-negative sepsis. We present a case of a 64-year-old man with severe Gram-negative sepsis, following purulent peritonitis secondary to rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma. To reduce the amplitude of the general effects of endotoxins we used a novel device, the Alteco® LPS Adsorber (Alteco Medical AB, Lund, Sweden), for lipopolysaccharide (LPS) ...

View Notes - Septic Shock from MMC 6500 at University of Florida. PATRI CK DUFF, M.D. SEPTI C SHOCK OVERVI EW Etiology Microbiology Pathophysiolo gy Diagnosis Management SEPTI C SHOCK I MPACT Results

Sepsis, as defined by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) in 2012,[1] is the presence of a probable or documented infection together with systemic manifestations of an infection.. In 2004, the World Health Organization[2] listed three infective causes, namely lower respiratory tract infection, diarrhoeal disease and tuberculosis, on their top ten list of causes of death, which is similar to mortality reports documented in the 2013 Western Cape Mortality Profile.[3]This highlights the fact that sepsis and its sequelae - which were originally caused by an infection - are major contributors to the local and global burden of disease.. To date there are virtually no accurate data on the incidence and prevalence of or mortality rates for sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock in developing countries. Mortality rates have been reported to be as high as 30% for sepsis, 40% for severe sepsis and 80% for septic shock[4-6] in developed countries. Septic shock is still the leading cause of death in ...

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a cluster of symptoms that involve many systems of the body. Certain bacterial infections release toxins into the bloodstream. These toxins can spread to many body organs. This can cause severe damage and illness.

Researchers believe theyre close to a working vaccine for invasive streptococcal disease, which causes toxic shock syndrome and can be devastating.

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a cluster of symptoms that involve many systems of the body. Certain bacterial infections release toxins into the blood stream. These then spread the toxins to many body organs. This can cause severe damage and illness.

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a cluster of symptoms that involve many systems of the body. Certain bacterial infections release toxins into the blood stream. These then spread the toxins to many body organs. This can cause severe damage and illness.

Wearing the same tampon for an extended amount of time could lead to a rare, but sometimes deadly disease called toxic shock syndrome (TSS). The National Women

You dont have to stop using tampons to avoid getting toxic shock syndrome (TSS). Reviewed by a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist.

Sepsis is a heterogeneous class of syndromes caused by a systemic inflammatory response to infection. Septic shock, a severe form of sepsis, is associated with the development of progressive damage in multiple organs, and is a leading cause of patient mortality in intensive care units. Despite important advances in understanding its pathophysiology, therapy remains largely symptomatic and supportive. A decade ago, the overproduction of nitric oxide (NO) had been discovered as a potentially important event in this condition. As a result, great hopes arose that the pharmacological inhibition of NO synthesis could be developed into an efficient, mechanism-based therapeutic approach. Since then, an extraordinary effort by the scientific community has brought a deeper insight regarding the feasibility of this goal. Here we present in summary form the present state of knowledge of the biological chemistry and physiology of NO. We then proceed to a systematic review of experimental and clinic

Hypotension induced by sepsis was defined as a systolic pressure 40 mmHg, or a decrease of at least 2 standard deviations below the normal value for the age, in absence of other causes of hypotension.. This first attempt to give a definition has been universally acknowledged, and had the merit to create awareness in the clinical setting, and to promote standardization of management of patients with suspected or documented sepsis.. However, during the last years these definitions have been criticized, especially as regards to the non-specificity of SIRS definition. After an initial review of the definition in 2001 (with little impact on the scientific community), on the year 2016 the SCCM together with the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESCIM) have released a consensus document which, after a 18-months work, lead to publication of the third edition of the definitions of sepsis and septic shock (Sepsis-3).. The new 2016 guidelines, published in JAMA, have the purpose of making the ...

N.C. Communicable Disease page for toxic shock syndrome (TSS), an illness which can be caused by Staphylococcus aureus or group A Streptococcus. Includes definitions and common causes of infection.

Mum Lou Harvey-Smith revealed her sons terrifying ordeal after contracting Toxic Shock Syndrome after burning himself - only to be misdiagnosed...

Toxic shock syndrome is a serious but uncommon bacterial infection. TSS is a medical emergency - symptoms include sudden high fever, a faint feeling, diarrhea, headache, and muscle aches.