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Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Known as: Disease, Ritter's, Ritter Disease, Syndrome, Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin 
A blistering skin disorder caused by exfoliative toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus infection. The toxins cause the formation of bullae and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Antibody responses in patients with invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections
Correlation between antibody response and clinical outcome in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia has yielded conflicting results… 
2002
2002
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome related to an exfoliative toxin A- and B-producing strain in preterm infants
Abstract. A previously well, spontaneously breathing premature infant (gestational age 25 weeks, birth weight 364 g, age 74 days… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Unique superantigen activity of staphylococcal exfoliative toxins.
Certain strains of Staphylococcus aureus express one or both of two related, but immunologically distinct, exfoliative toxins… 
1993
1993
Pyomyositis and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Pyomyositis is a rare musculoskeletal infection in non‐tropical countries. We report a child who had pyomyositis complicated by… 
1991
1991
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in a woman with chronic renal failure exposed to human immunodeficiency virus.
A twenty-eight-year-old woman seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus and undergoing hemodialysis for end-stage renal… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Beta-lactamase-negative, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a newborn nursery: report of an outbreak and laboratory investigations.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene of staphylococcal plasmid pC221
1981
1981
A case of contact dermatitis, erythema multiforme, and toxic epidermal necrolysis.
1977
1977
The staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Histochemical and electron microscopic studies were carried out on the newborn mouse model of the staphylococcal scalded skin… 
1972
1972
Nursery outbreak of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. Rapid identification of the epidemic bacterial strain.
Within a seven-day period, three infants born at Harbor General Hospital were readmitted at ages 5 to 13 days with signs of the… 
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