What is toxic mediated?

Toxin mediated (tox = poison + in = noun form ++ mediate = intervene from "in the middle") diseases include Toxic Shock Syndrome, Diphtheria and Cholera.

How you get a toxin mediated disease: A bacterium is in the human body. It may or may not cause illness on it's own. What is does do is produce a toxin (poison). This toxin might produce a reaction in a body tissue far away from the original infection site.

Example: Recurrent toxin-mediated perineal erythema - presents 2-3 days after a throat infection as a fine diffuse macular erythema of the perineal region.