staphylococcal toxic-shock syndrome
MONDO:0020545Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names staphylococcal toxic-shock syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (staphylococcal TSS) is an acute disease mediated by the production of superantigenic toxins, characterized by high fever, skin rash followed by skin peeling, hypotension, vomiting, diarrhea and potentially leading to multisystem organ failure and caused by a Staphylococcus aureus bacterial infection.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0020545), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: staphylococcal toxic-shock syndrome
- Also called
- staphylococcal TSSStaphylococcus caused toxic shock syndromeStaphylococcus toxic shock syndrome