RT Book, Section
A1 Sabella, Camille
A1 Foster, Charles B.
A2 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Sabella, Camille
A2 Smith, Mindy Ann
A2 Mayeaux, E.J.
A2 Chumley, Heidi S.
A2 Appachi, Elumalai
SR Print(0)
ID 1114874662
T1 Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
T2 The Color Atlas of Pediatrics
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176701-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114874662
RD 2024/04/19
AB An  18-month-old  girl  is  admitted  to  the  hospital  with  fever,  irritability,  and  a  tender  skin  rash  on  her  face.  She  also  has  developed  facial  swelling  bilaterally  and  perioral  crusting  (Figure  105-1).  Over  the  next  24  hours,  the  rash  spreads  to  her  neck  and  trunk  and  she  develops  flaccid  blisters  on  the  areas  of  rash  on  her  neck  and  trunk.  When  gentle  friction  is  applied  to  involved  areas  of  the  skin,  the  skin  easily  sloughs  superficially  (Nikolsky  sign).  She  is  treated  with  intravenous  anti-staphylococcal  antibiotics  and  recovers  completely.  A  culture  taken  from  her  nares  grows  Staphylococcal  aureus.