Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in two very low birth weight infants
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L. M. Haveman
Abstract
Two premature infants with very low birth weight were diagnosed with staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) during hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit. This syndrome which is rare in premature infants, is characterized by blistering and superficial desquamation of the skin and is caused by two epidermolytic toxins (ETA and ETB) produced by Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome usually occurs in young children probably because of inefficient clearance of the epidermolytic toxins from the bloodstream, which causes dysfunction of cell adhesion in the superficial epidermis. Early diagnosis and early treatment with parenterally administered beta-lactamase resistant penicillins are important to prevent life threatening complications of this syndrome.
Copyright © 2003 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
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Articles in the same Issue
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Contents
- MRI during pregnancy
- Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound in the assessment of the fetal central nervous system
- Maternal erythrocyte malondialdehyde level in preeclampsia prediction: a longitudinal study
- Effect of fetal macrosomia on human placental glucose transport and utilization in insulin-treated gestational diabetes
- Association between maternal-fetal Doppler velocimetry and fetal lung maturity
- Does the thrifty phenotype result from chronic glutamate intoxication? A hypothesis
- Fetal hand movements and facial expression in normal pregnancy studied by four-dimensional sonography
- Stable microbubble test and click test to predict respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants not requiring ventilation at birth
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in two very low birth weight infants
- Umbilical glutathione levels are higher after vaginal birth than after cesarean section
- Gastrointestinal contrast studies in high-risk neonates with suspected necrotising enterocolitis – a note of caution
- Fatal intracranial hemorrhage in a pregnant patient with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura
- Pregnancy complicated with pure red cell aplasia: a case report
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII as a cause of recurrent non-immune hydrops fetalis
- Higher risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn after cesarean
- Congress Calendar
