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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.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3354747 PMCID: PMC1349346 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.78.5.578
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308