[Clinical case of the month. Acute staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in a fifty-year-old].

Abstract

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is a bullous disease induced by bacterial exfoliative exotoxins. Children are most often affected. The prognosis is worse in adults and calls for treatment in an intensive care unit. We report a case in a quinquagenerian woman who suffered from angina a few days before the bullous erythroderma.

• Authors: I Fumal, P Paquet, E Jacob, P Damas, G E Piérard
• Journal: Revue medicale de Liege (Rev Med Liege) Vol. 56 Issue 11 Pg. 745-7 (Nov 2001) ISSN: 0370-629X [Print] Belgium
• Vernacular Title: Le cas clinique du mois. Epidermolyse staphylococcique aiguë chez une quinquagénaire.
• PMID: 11789386 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Angina Pectoris
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Dermatitis, Exfoliative (etiology, pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Intensive Care Units
• Middle Aged
• Prognosis
• Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (pathology)