- TSS is an extremely rare
illness caused by a common bacteria - Staphylococcus aureus
- Anyone - male or female,
child or adult - can get TSS.
- In the UK the average number
of confirmed cases of TSS is approximately 20 per annum out
of a population of 58 million. About half of these are
tampon related.
- Fatality rates reported in
the US are 2.5% of all reported cases of TSS per annum.
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- With early diagnosis toxic
shock syndrome can be successfully treated
- Most doctors will never see
a case of toxic shock syndrome
- In the US The Centres for
Disease Control estimates that tampon related TSS affects
approximately 1 per 100,000 menstruating women per year.
- In Australia TSS is not a notifiable disease, so reliable figures are not available.
- On an international basis,
about half the reported cases of TSS are linked to tampon
use.
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