Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

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

Infections: 539155
- Infectious Skin Diseases: 46
  - Bacterial Skin Diseases: 20
    - Staphylococcal Skin Infections: 49
      - Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome: 143
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses: 1
  - Bacterial Infections: 25267
    - Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections: 363
      - Staphylococcal Infections: 3344
        Staphylococcal Skin Infections: 49
        Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome: 143
    - Bacterial Skin Diseases: 20
      - Staphylococcal Skin Infections: 49
        Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome: 143
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
- Skin Diseases: 13402
  - Infectious Skin Diseases: 46
    - Bacterial Skin Diseases: 20
      - Staphylococcal Skin Infections: 49
        Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome: 143

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