caa a22 4500 378851055 CHVBK 20180305123323.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20031120xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/JPM.2003.078 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/JPM.2003.078 Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in two very low birth weight infants [Elektronische Daten] [L. M. Haveman, A. Fleer, L. J. Gerards] Two premature infants with very low birth weight were diagnosed with staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) during hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit. This syndrome which is rare in premature infants, is characterized by blistering and superficial desquamation of the skin and is caused by two epidermolytic toxins (ETA and ETB) produced by Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome usually occurs in young children probably because of inefficient clearance of the epidermolytic toxins from the bloodstream, which causes dysfunction of cell adhesion in the superficial epidermis. Early diagnosis and early treatment with parenterally administered beta-lactamase resistant penicillins are important to prevent life threatening complications of this syndrome. Copyright © 2003 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Human reproduction, growth & development nationallicence Gynaecology & obstetrics nationallicence Paediatric medicine nationallicence Haveman L. M. aut Fleer A. aut Gerards L. J. aut Journal of Perinatal Medicine Walter de Gruyter 31/6(2003-11-20), 515-519 0300-5577 31:6<515 2003 31 jpme https://doi.org/10.1515/JPM.2003.078 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/JPM.2003.078 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Haveman L. M. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fleer A. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gerards L. J. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Perinatal Medicine Walter de Gruyter 31/6(2003-11-20), 515-519 0300-5577 31:6<515 2003 31 jpme CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter