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Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: An epidemiological and clinical review of 84 cases.

Carmen Liy-WongElena PopeMiriam WeinsteinIrene Lara-Corrales
Published 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.
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