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Diseases [C] » Infections [C01] » Bacterial Infections and Mycoses » Bacterial Infections » Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections » Staphylococcal Infections » Staphylococcal Skin Infections » Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Infections [C01] » Bacterial Infections and Mycoses » Bacterial Infections » Skin Diseases, Bacterial » Staphylococcal Skin Infections » Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Infections [C01] » Skin Diseases, Infectious » Skin Diseases, Bacterial » Staphylococcal Skin Infections » Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases [C17] » Skin Diseases » Skin Diseases, Infectious » Skin Diseases, Bacterial » Staphylococcal Skin Infections » Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
Description
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. MeSH
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