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Toxic Shock Syndrome (cont.)

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  1. Que Y-A, Moreillon P (2010). Staphylococcus aureus (including staphylococcal toxic shock). In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2543–2578. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

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  • American Public Health Association (2008). Toxic shock syndrome. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th ed., pp. 576–577. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/groupastreptococcal_g.htm.

  • Stevens DL (2008). Streptococcal infections. In L Goldman, D Ausiello, eds., Cecil Medicine, 23rd ed., vol. 2, pp. 2176–2183. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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