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Toxic shock syndrome is not restricted to tampon containing menstruating females but can occur in a simple seemingly unimportant wound infection in a young healthy male or female. Beware hypotension and rash, erythema, fever and diarrhoea. Spot it and act early. Usually due to an exotoxin from Staph aureus called TSST1 which acts as a Superantigen