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. 1988 May;78(5):578-80.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.78.5.578.

Toxic shock syndrome: incidence and geographic distribution from a hospital medical records reporting system

R K Miday  1 , E R Wilson
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Toxic shock syndrome: incidence and geographic distribution from a hospital medical records reporting system

R K Miday et al. Am J Public Health. 1988 May.

Abstract

A large database of hospital records maintained by the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities Professional Activity Study (CPHA-PAS) was used to estimate the temporal incidence and geographic distribution of toxic shock syndrome (TSS). The CPHA-PAS hospital-diagnosed incidence was 3.5 times the reported TSS incidence, with a gradual decrease over the time period 1981-83. Marked differences in the regional occurrence of cases may provide clues to the etiology of this complex disease.

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