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. 2009 May;15(5):770–773. doi: 10.3201/eid1505.080826

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Flow diagram of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) case ascertainment. TSS cases were identified from International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9), codes assigned at hospital discharge, cases reported to the Minnesota Unexplained Critical Illness and Death of Possible Infectious Etiology project (UNEX), and death certificate data by using International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10), code A48.3. MSP, Minneapolis–St. Paul area.