       Document 0066
 DOCN  M9460066
 TI    The human immunodeficiency virus and nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome:
       a female case presentation.
 DT    9404
 AU    Woods SL; Jackson B; AIDS Treatment Center, University of Cincinnati
       Medical Center,; Ohio.
 SO    Nurse Pract. 1994 Jan;19(1):68-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94188008
 AB    Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) generally is associated with tampon use among
       menstruating women. Descriptions from the early 1980's detailed this
       sudden, multisystem, frequently fatal disease. The bacterial agent,
       Staphylococcus aureus produced exotoxins, which were quickly identified
       as the cause of TSS as well as a host of other systemic, bacterial
       infections. While S. aureus has become one of the more common bacterial
       pathogens in patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS),
       staphylococcal toxin-related disorders rarely have been reported in
       individuals infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or
       individuals diagnosed with AIDS. To date all published cases of TSS
       attendant with HIV involved homosexual, hemophiliac, or drug injecting
       male patients. This report describes a woman infected with HIV and
       diagnosed with the classic array of symptoms found in toxic-shock
       syndrome, and provides information specific to women and their
       experience with HIV infection.
 DE    Abscess/DIAGNOSIS/*MICROBIOLOGY/THERAPY  Adult  AIDS-Related
       Opportunistic Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*MICROBIOLOGY/  THERAPY  Case Report
       Female  Human  Shock, Septic/*ETIOLOGY/THERAPY  Staphylococcal Skin
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*MICROBIOLOGY/THERAPY  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
       JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW OF REPORTED CASES

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