Toxic Shock Syndrome: Eighteen Years of Experience in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Introduction Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a life-threatening disease usually caused by a or group Aβ-hemolytic infection. Methods In this retrospective study, we included patients with TSS admitted to a tertiary hospital's pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) over the last 18 years. We compared the staphylococcal TSS (Staph-TSS) and streptococcal TSS (Strep-TSS) groups.