Engelsk definition
A disease of infants due to group 2 phage type 17 staphylococci that produce an epidermolytic exotoxin. Superficial fine vesicles and bullae form and rupture easily, resulting in loss of large sheets of epidermis.
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
Stafylokockorsakad epidermal nekrolys
Svenska synonymer
Ritters sjukdom
Engelska synonymer
Ritter's Disease — Disease, Ritter's — Ritters Disease — Ritter Disease — Disease, Ritter — Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndrome — Scalded-Skin Syndromes, Staphylococcal — Scalded-Skin Syndrome, Staphylococcal — Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndromes — Syndromes, Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin — Syndrome, Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin — Scalded Skin Syndrome, Staphylococcal