Active Surveillance for Toxic Shock Syndrome in the United States, 1986

Suzanne Gaventa, Arthur L. Reingold, From the Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch and the Allen W. Hightower, Claire V. Broome, Statistical Services Activity, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Benjamin Schwartz, Carolyn Hoppe, Jan Harwell, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia; the Los Angeles County Department of Lewis K. Lefkowitz, Sue Makintubee, Health Services, Los Angeles, California; the Communicable David R. Cundiff, Sandra Sitze, and the Disease Division, Epidemiology Section, Washington State Toxic Shock Syndrome Study Group* Department of Social and Health Services, Seattle, Washington; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; the New Jersey State Department of Health, Trenton, New Jersey; and the Missouri Department of Health, Jefferson City, Missouri