Toxic shock syndrome

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a potentially fatal illness caused by a bacterial toxin. Different bacterial toxins may cause toxic shock syndrome, depending on the situation. The causative bacteria include Staphylococcus aureus, where TSS is caused by enterotoxin type B or TSST-1, and Streptococcus pyogenes, where it is caused by streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins. Streptococcal TSS is sometimes referred to as toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS) or streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS).

Signs and symptoms

Symptoms of toxic shock syndrome vary depending on the underlying cause. TSS resulting from infection with the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus typically manifests in otherwise healthy individuals with high fever, accompanied by low blood pressure, malaise and confusion, which can rapidly progress to stupor, coma, and multiple organ failure. The characteristic rash, often seen early in the course of illness, resembles a sunburn, and can involve any region of the body, including the lips, mouth, eyes, palms and soles. In patients who survive the initial phase of the infection, the rash desquamates, or peels off, after 10–14 days.

Blood Shot (novel)

Blood Shot (marketed under the title Toxic Shock in the United Kingdom), published in New York in 1988, is the fifth in a series of novels by Sara Paretsky featuring her character V. I. Warshawski, a hard-boiled female private investigator.

Plot

V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she's never been a woman who breaks a promise. Returning to her old neighborhood for a school reunion, she finds herself agreeing to search for a childhood friend's missing father, a man her friend never knew and about whom her friend's dying mother will not speak. What ought to have been a routine missing-persons case rapidly turns up a homicide; and Warshawski must battle corrupt local politicians and businessmen, who do all they can to derail her investigation.

Awards

The novel was nominated for the 1989 Anthony Award in the "Best Novel" category.

References

External links

  • Official website

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    Toxic Shock

    by: Miortification

    [Verse 1]
    Over indulgence in substance you require
    To settle down, to feel sane, the his is in your mind
    Veins pumping, eyes lost, hideous life of pain
    It hates you now, the joy is gone, death crime insane.
    [CHORUS]
    Drug free body, you must deceide
    Drug free body, beware! The toxic shock.
    [Verse 2]
    A life of compulsion, excessive in every way
    No moderation, more sensation, feelings inside your
    brain
    Young bodies may take it, but age will tell the toll
    Satans plan to kill you young, possession growing
    strong.
    [CHORUS]
    [BRIDGE]
    Pain, fear, despair
    Hope, it is the other way of life, you can be saved
    from the toxic shock, from the pain inside
    From a mind of loss, see the cross
    [Verse 3]
    Back street hangout, in drains you do await
    Body shacking, heart is racing, frantic for you man
    More suffering, excessive, ways have killed your mind
    You will crawl the gutters of filth to fix your pain
    [CHORUS]
    [Verse 4]
    Many will testify, that through the power of God
    All is broken, all is clean, God can heal your mind.
    Drug free, it can be your way
    Simply see that it is done, Christ is there to save.
    [CHORUS]




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