Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: An epidemiological and clinical review of 84 cases.
Carmen Liy-WongElena PopeMiriam WeinsteinIrene Lara-CorralesPublished in: Pediatric dermatology (2020)
Healthcare providers should be aware of SSSS and consider it in the differential diagnosis of infants and children with new onset erythema, exfoliation, and/or vesiculation. Suspected culprit pathogens were more often obtained from periorificial swabs; however, these isolates were not tested for exfoliative toxin to confirm causality. Antibiotic treatment should be guided by sensitivity testing. Addition of clindamycin as an anti-toxin agent had no effect on the duration of hospitalization, and this should be further investigated. Surgical debridement of the skin in patients with SSSS should be discouraged.
Keyphrases
- escherichia coli
- healthcare
- soft tissue
- wound healing
- young adults
- staphylococcus aureus
- pulmonary embolism
- gram negative
- emergency department
- case report
- antimicrobial resistance
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- atomic force microscopy
- adverse drug
- mass spectrometry
- combination therapy
- health information
- health insurance
- affordable care act