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Title: Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an extremely premature neonate: a case report with a brief review of literature
Author/Creator: Kapoor, Vishal; Travadi, Javeed; Braye, Stephen
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description: Staphylococcus aureus can cause a spectrum of exfoliative skin conditions ranging from localised bullous impetigo to generalised cutaneous involvement with systemic illness. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) generally affects neonates, infants and children less than 5 years of age. SSSS has been rarely reported in premature neonates. We describe here a case of an extremely premature neonate born at 24 weeks gestation who developed SSSS at 7 weeks of postnatal age.
Relation: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health Vol. 44, Issue 6, p. 374-376
Relation: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119412644/abstract
Date: 2008
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Keyword(s): staphylococcus scalded skin syndrome; premature neonate; infants; exfoliative skin conditions
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43105
Identifier: ISSN:1034-4810

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