Toxic shock syndrome is frequently complicated by renal dysfunction. The mechanism of this functional disturbance is unclear. The present report concerns a 33-year-old woman with reversible renal failure in the course of toxic shock syndrome owing to rhabdomyolysis. It is suspected that the renal consequences of muscle injury play a pathophysiological role in the acute renal failure of toxic sh...

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an exotoxin-mediated illness that occurs primarily in young menstruating women who use tampons. The syndrome ranges from a potentially fatal disease characterized by hypotension and failure in multiple organ systems to a less severe condition commonly misdiagnosed as a nonspecific viral illness or gastroenteritis. Physicians should recognize that an exanthematous, ...