Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in a Newborn

A six-day-old newborn was admitted with exfoliating erythematous lesions over the face, of two days duration. The lesions spread to the rest of the body during the next two days. A diagnosis of Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) was made clinically and confirmed by isolation of Staphylococc...

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Autores principales: Jeyakumari, D, Gopal, R, Eswaran, M, MaheshKumar, C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Pictorial Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300386
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.52981
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author Jeyakumari, D
Gopal, R
Eswaran, M
MaheshKumar, C
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description A six-day-old newborn was admitted with exfoliating erythematous lesions over the face, of two days duration. The lesions spread to the rest of the body during the next two days. A diagnosis of Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) was made clinically and confirmed by isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from a blood sample. The child responded to Injection vancomycin and no fresh lesions were seen after the next 48 hours. However the child developed severe pneumonia and left against medical advice.
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spelling pubmed-28409442010-03-18 Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in a Newborn Jeyakumari, D Gopal, R Eswaran, M MaheshKumar, C J Glob Infect Dis Pictorial Education A six-day-old newborn was admitted with exfoliating erythematous lesions over the face, of two days duration. The lesions spread to the rest of the body during the next two days. A diagnosis of Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) was made clinically and confirmed by isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from a blood sample. The child responded to Injection vancomycin and no fresh lesions were seen after the next 48 hours. However the child developed severe pneumonia and left against medical advice. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2840944/ /pubmed/20300386 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.52981 Text en © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jeyakumari, D
Gopal, R
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MaheshKumar, C
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in a Newborn
title Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in a Newborn
title_full Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in a Newborn
title_fullStr Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in a Newborn
title_full_unstemmed Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in a Newborn
title_short Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome in a Newborn
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topic Pictorial Education
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300386
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.52981
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