Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) used to be called Dermatitis Exfoliativa Neonatorum, Staphylococcaltoxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Bacterial Toxicity Epidermal necrolysis (Bacterial Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), Ritter's disease, Keratolysis Neonatorum. This disease is a severe acute generalized exfoliative pustulosis that occurs in newborns. It is characterized by the occurrence of flaccid scalp-like bullae and extensive epidermal exfoliation on the erythema base of the body. Occasionally seen in adults. It was discovered in 1966 that Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) is also caused by staphylococcus, and Ritter's disease and TEN are also caused by staphylococcus. Ritter's disease and TEN are completely the same clinical and pathological. In 1967, Lyell classified TEN into golden Portuguese, medicinal, other, and idiopathic according to different causes, and considered Ritter's disease to be golden Portuguese. SSSS was identified as an independent disease in 1977, separate from toxic epidermal necrolysis.

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