streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome
MONDO:0020544Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome (streptococcal TSS) is an acute disease mediated by the production of superantigenic toxins characterized by the sudden onset of fever and other febrile symptoms, pain, multisystem organ involvement and potentially leading to coma, shock and death due to a Streptococcus pyogenes infection.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0020544), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome
- Also called
- streptococcal TSSStreptococcus caused toxic shock syndromeStreptococcus toxic shock syndrome