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To: MarMema
You are goofy. And none too familiar with presentations.

Staphylococcus aureus can cause toxic shock syndrome. One symptom of toxic shock is vomiting. Hence, vomiting can be a sign of bacterial infection.

Vomiting can also be a sign of food poisoning, which also is caused by bacteria.

As far as presentations go, my knowledge of them is strictly limited to the descriptions in the medical literature--I am a researcher, not clinician.

74 posted on 08/10/2014 4:38:22 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

The differential diagnosis for vomiting is huge...

Infection yes, but also headache, food poisoning ( as you mentioned) enteroviruses, motion sickness etc. Without waiting for the coroner’s report there is no way to know cause of death.

As a nurse who has given many vaccines the indication depends on whether the girl was febrile. Remember too that the general populations idea of what a fever is is different from the medical community. You are not febrile unless you have a fever of 100.1 or over.


81 posted on 08/10/2014 11:02:10 AM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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