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[Toxic staphylococcal cutaneous necrolysis (scalded skin syndrome) (author's transl)]
Annales De Dermatologie Et De Venereologie
|April 1, 1977
Abstract:
The exfoliating exotoxin of serotype II staphylococci is responsable of three diseases with prevailing dermatologic symptoms: staphylococcal scarlet fever, staphylococcal Lyell syndrom and Ritter-Lyell disease. Melish demonstrated the effect of staphylococcal exotoxin on new-born mice less than five days old. This experimental model allowed to study the characteristics of the toxin. Precocious antistaphylococcal antibiotherapy is necessary.