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But some of these women fell ill and even died dramatically and suddenly, of toxic shock syndrome. It didn't take long to work out what was happening and why. The mixture of menstrual fluid and other bodily secretions in a micro-ecosystem that remained undisturbed for many hours at body temperature provided an ideal culture medium for the common staphylococcus aureus, which was able to produce large quantities of its enterotoxin [17].