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Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) and consecutive septicaemia in a preterm infant. 1994

R Hoffmann, and M Lohner, and N Böhm, and H E Schaefer, and J Leititis

Institute of Pathology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, FRG.

Staphylococcal scaled-skin syndrome (SSSS) is a toxin-related epidermolytic disease that usually affects infants and children under 5 years. We report herein a case of a premature infant who had developed SSSS after an infection of the pharynx with staphylococci and who died of septicaemia due to pseudomonas aeruginosa. The primary mechanism of action of epidermolysin still remains unknown. We demonstrate that acantholysis is due to an early edema of the intercellular space with separation of ultrastructurally unaltered desmosomes.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007234	Infant, Premature	A human infant born before 37 weeks of GESTATION.	Neonatal Prematurity,Premature Infants,Preterm Infants,Infant, Preterm,Infants, Premature,Infants, Preterm,Premature Infant,Prematurity, Neonatal,Preterm Infant
D011550	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria commonly isolated from clinical specimens (wound, burn, and urinary tract infections). It is also found widely distributed in soil and water. P. aeruginosa is a major agent of nosocomial infection.	Bacillus aeruginosus,Bacillus pyocyaneus,Bacterium aeruginosum,Bacterium pyocyaneum,Micrococcus pyocyaneus,Pseudomonas polycolor,Pseudomonas pyocyanea
D011552	Pseudomonas Infections	Infections with bacteria of the genus PSEUDOMONAS.	Infections, Pseudomonas,Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection,Infection, Pseudomonas,Pseudomonas Infection,Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
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.	Ritter Disease,Scalded Skin Syndrome, Staphylococcal,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
D018805	Sepsis	Systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a proven or suspected infectious etiology. When sepsis is associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection, it is called severe sepsis. When sepsis is accompanied by HYPOTENSION despite adequate fluid infusion, it is called SEPTIC SHOCK.	Bloodstream Infection,Pyaemia,Pyemia,Pyohemia,Blood Poisoning,Poisoning, Blood,Septicemia,Severe Sepsis,Blood Poisonings,Bloodstream Infections,Infection, Bloodstream,Poisonings, Blood,Pyaemias,Pyemias,Pyohemias,Sepsis, Severe,Septicemias