Article
[Neonatal staphylococcal epidermolysis due to maternal-fetal transmission].
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 Oct 1999
Léauté-Labrèze C, Sarlangue J, Pedespan L, Doermann H P, Taïeb A
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) is due to exfoliative toxins A or B excreted by some strains of Staphylococcus aureus. This syndrome is exceptional in the first hours of life. We report a case of SSSS due to materno-fetal infection. CASE REPORT: At 31 weeks of pregnancy a 40-year-old mother was febrile (39 degrees C) and a premature rupture of the amniotic sac occurred the following...
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