Two Cases of Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome.
- Author:
Nyoung Hoon YOUN
1
;
Sang Won LEE
;
Jae Hoon PARK
;
Seung Hoon CHA
;
Seok Don PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
- MeSH:
Adult;
Axilla;
Blister;
Buttocks;
Child;
Dermatitis, Exfoliative;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
Male;
Methicillin;
Neck;
Pharynx;
Skin;
Skin Diseases;
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome*;
Staphylococcus aureus;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2000;38(11):1531-1535
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome(SSSS) is the term used for a collection of blistering skin disease induced by the exfoliative toxin of Staphylococcus aureus. It primarily affects neonates and young children, but cases have been reported rarely in adults. We report typical cases of generalized SSSS in two male children. They had generalized tender erythroderma and flaccid bulla with leaving a moist erythematous base resembling a scald and focal peeling of the skin, particularly on the face, neck, axilla, trunk and buttock. Methicilline sensitive staphylococcus aureus was cultured from throat in one patient and from local wound of nares in the other patient. Nikolsky's sign was present. Histopathologic finding revealed an epidermal splitting at the granular layer.
