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Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndrome

Skin child nose with Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndrome infection   Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome (SSSS) is a toxin-mediated epidermolytic disease characterized by erythema, widespread detachment of the superficial layers of the epidermis, resembling scalding, and occurring mainly in newborns and infants younger than 2 years. Severity ranges from a localized form, bullous impetigo, to a generalized form with extensive epidermolysis and desquamation. The clinical spectrum of SSSS includes bullous... 

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