A desquamating rash; staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome.
2013
Daniel G Conway, and
Regan F Lyon, and
Jason D Heiner
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007223
Infant
A child between 1 and 23 months of age.
Infants
D005260
Female
Females
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013206
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.