Summary of Notifiable Diseases,
United States 1996
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The total number of TSS cases reported to CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases from 1979 through 1996 was 5, 296 (including definite and probable cases). Of all TSS cases reported during the last decade (i.e., from 1987 through 1996), 59% were not associated with menstruation. The case-fatality rate of non-menstrual cases was 5%, which was significantly (p<0.005) higher than the case-facility rate of cases associated with menstruation.
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