A disease of infants due to group 2 phage type 17 staphylococci that produce an epidermolytic exotoxin. Superficial fine vesicles and bullae form and rupture easily, resulting in loss of large sheets of epidermis.
Also Known As:
Ritter's Disease; Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndrome; Disease, Ritter; Disease, Ritter's; Ritters Disease; Scalded-Skin Syndrome, Staphylococcal; Scalded-Skin Syndromes, Staphylococcal; Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndromes; Syndrome, Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin; Syndromes, Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin; Ritter Disease; Scalded Skin Syndrome, Staphylococcal