Tsst

"Tsst" (also known as "The Dog Whisperer") is the seventh episode and mid-season finale of the tenth season and the 146th overall episode of the American animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on May 3, 2006. In the episode, Liane has problems controlling her son Cartman and enlists several reality TV shows to help with his behavior problems.

The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker and is rated TV-MA in the United States, except on syndicated broadcasts, where the episode is censored and has a TV-14 rating, instead. It focuses primarily on Eric Cartman, his mother, and "The Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan.

Plot

Cartman is in Mr. Mackey's office with his mother, Liane, where he is asked to explain why he handcuffed Billy Turner to a flagpole, told him that he poisoned his milk, gave him a hacksaw, and told him that he had to saw off his foot to get the antidote, all because Billy made fun of Cartman's weight. Liane breaks down and admits that she cannot control her son anymore. She turns to experts that Mr. Mackey recommends - the nannies from reality TV - but to no avail: Cartman tells Nanny Stella (from Nanny 911) that she is unattractive and will reach menopause before she finds a husband. Nanny Stella quits on the spot. The second attempt is with Jo Frost from Supernanny. Without seeing what Cartman has done, she is shown three days later in a psychiatric hospital having suffered a total psychotic break. Desperate, Liane turns to Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer.

Toxic shock syndrome toxin

Toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST) is a superantigen with a size of 22KDa produced by 5 to 25% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates. It causes toxic shock syndrome (TSS) 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.

Characteristics

TSST-1, a prototype superantigen secreted by a Staphylococcus aureus bacterium strain in susceptible hosts, acts on the vascular system by causing inflammation, fever, and shock. This bacterium strain that produces the TSST-1's can be found in any area of the body, but live mostly in the vagina of infected women. TSST-1 is a bacterial exotoxin found in patients who have developed toxic shock syndrome (TSS), which can be found in menstruating women or any man or child for that matter. One-third of all TSS cases have been found in men. This statistic could possibly be due to surgical wounds or any skin wound. TSST-1 is the cause of 50% of non-menstrual and 100% of all menstrual TSS cases.

TSST

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