Toxic Shock Syndrome - Exams and Tests
Usually by the time a person who has toxic shock syndrome (TSS) sees a health professional, the illness has progressed rapidly and is severe. Treatment for shock is usually needed before any test results are available.
If a health professional suspects that you have toxic shock syndrome, you will have several types of tests, including:
- Routine complete blood count (CBC) of red and white blood cells, platelets, and other basic qualities of your blood.
- Cultures of blood and other body fluids and tissues for signs of strep or staph bacteria. For menstrual TSS, a vaginal fluid sample is tested. For nonmenstrual TSS, a swab or sample of a suspected wound, lesion, or other affected area is tested. Blood cultures do not usually detect staph TSS when it is present, but strep can be identified in a sample of blood or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or by a tissue biopsy. Cultures from the throat, the vagina, or a sputum sample may also show the bacteria.
- Chest X-ray, to look for signs of damage to the lungs ( respiratory distress syndrome).
- Tests to rule out other infections that can cause symptoms similar to those of TSS, such as an infection of the blood ( sepsis), a tick-borne bacterial infection ( Rocky Mountain spotted fever), a bacterial infection caused by contact with the urine of infected animals ( leptospirosis), or typhoid fever.
Other tests are sometimes necessary, depending on how the illness has developed and what problems it has caused.
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INDICATION
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
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You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Full Prescribing Information for Vivelle-Dot.
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