Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome The Cleveland Clinic experience

Schieid M. Wikas; Kenneth J. Tomecki

Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome The Cleveland Clinic experience

Schieid M. Wikas, D.O
Schieid M. Wikas
Department of Dermatology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
D.O
and Kenneth J. Tomecki, M.D
Kenneth J. Tomecki
Department of Dermatology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
M.D

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
June 1983,
50
(2)
141-143;

ABSTRACT

Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome (SSSS) or staphylococcalinduced toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a severe blistering disease of young children. The causative organism is Staphylococcus aureus. We describe the clinical characteristics of this disease in 6 children seen at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation between 1970 and 1979.

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Received February 1983.
Accepted March 1983.

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Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome The Cleveland Clinic experience

Schieid M. Wikas

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

June 1983,

50

(2)

141-143;

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Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome The Cleveland Clinic experience

Schieid M. Wikas

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

June 1983,

50

(2)

141-143;

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