Toxic Shock Syndrome in Patients Younger than 21 Years of Age, United States, 2006–2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Pediatr Infect Dis J
• Personal Author:
  Leung, Jessica ; Abrams, Joseph Y. ; Maddox, Ryan A. ; Godfred-Cato, Shana ; Schonberger, Lawrence B. ; Belay, Ermias D.
• Description:
  We examined the incidence of toxic shock syndrome in the United States during 2006-2018 among persons <21 years old with commercial or Medicaid-insurance using administrative data. There were 1008 commercially-insured and 481 Medicaid-insured toxic shock syndrome cases. The annual rate was 1 per 100,000 and stable over time. Rates were even lower in children <5 years old and stable over time.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Incidence Infant Insurance, Health Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Shock, Septic United States Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  MarketScan Staphylococcus TSS Streptococcus TSS Toxic Shock Syndrome TSS
• Source:
  Pediatr Infect Dis J. 40(3):e125-e128
• Pubmed ID:
  33464017
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8842798
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  40
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6cc6da087a775eb36acf4c4a9303a1bf5031822924261565c7227340446333c470b42e845eee86002dcc1836f759179151e43e5ca5f345ca3eb5e7d4c6fc49ef
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