- Title
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an extremely premature neonate: a case report with a brief review of literature
- Creator
- Kapoor, Vishal; Travadi, Javeed; Braye, Stephen
- Relation
- Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health Vol. 44, Issue 6, p. 374-376
- Relation
- http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119412644/abstract
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2008
- 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.
- Subject
- staphylococcus scalded skin syndrome; premature neonate; infants; exfoliative skin conditions
- Identifier
- uon:5234
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43105
- Identifier
- ISSN:1034-4810
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