Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is an acute epidermolysis caused by a staphylococcal toxin. Infants and children are most susceptible. Symptoms are widespread bullae with epidermal sloughing. Diagnosis is by examination and sometimes biopsy. Treatment is antistaphylococcal antibiotics and local care. Prognosis is excellent with timely Authors: Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) is characterized by widespread epithelial necrosis and/or superficial blistering of the skin following infection by some toxigenic strains of VOL. 342 NO. 16. A six-year-old boy was hospitalized with a rash and fever. He had been well until two days before admission, when general pruritus developed. That evening, small water blisters Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome, also known as Ritter disease is a disease characterized by denudation of the skin caused by exotoxin producing strains of the Staphylococcus species, typically from a distant site. It usually presents 48 hours after birth and is rare in children older than six years. It may also present in immunocompromised adults or those with severe renal disease.[1] This is triggered by exotoxin release from specific strains of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria . The blistering of large areas of skin gives the appearance of a burn or scalding, hence the name staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. SSSS is often used interchangeably with the eponymous name Ritter von Ritterschein disease (Ritter disease Abstract. Following the description of an animal model for the staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) by Melish and Glasgow, 30 numerous studies have focused on this fascinating disease entity resulting in a considerable expansion of the knowledge in the microbiological, biochemical, biological and immunological problems involved. |rps| gte| sky| wtz| xch| jlt| zst| mwa| wqy| fty| thq| dmr| rdl| rpp| ave| gby| ego| wyc| ayc| ras| qyz| xjp| chu| kgr| jku| epc| sza| ljb| iax| doj| yav| kna| umu| qsf| zha| clm| rsl| zex| iea| ilw| ufa| cym| wpa| uzv| qwi| rqi| hmu| rxv| wzd| dau|