Chapter 12 - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)»Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08)»Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)
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Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
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.