Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Recurring staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in a very low birth weight infant: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Recurring staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in a very low birth weight infant a case report Carola EPM Duijsters1 Feico JJ Halbertsma1 René F Kornelisse2 Niek LA Arents3 and Peter Andriessen1 Addresses Department of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology Máxima Medical Center Veldhoven The Netherlands 2Department of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology Erasmus MC-Sophia Children s Hospital Rotterdam The Netherlands laboratories of Pathologic Anatomy and Medical Microbiology Veldhoven The Netherlands Email CEPMD - FJJH - RFK - NLAA - PA - Corresponding author Received 18 July 2008 Accepted 12 January 2009 Published 12 August 2009 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 7313 doi 1752-1947-3-7313 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7313 2009 Duijsters et al. licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is an extensive desquamative erythematous condition caused by exfoliative toxins of Staphylococcus aureus. This disease usually affects neonates and generally responds rapidly to antibiotic therapy. Case presentation We describe the case of a premature baby boy weighing 1030 g born after 26 6 7 weeks gestation who developed two episodes of Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome on days 19 and 48 of life. Cultures obtained during the first period did not reveal Staphylococcus aureus but diagnosis was based on typical clinical grounds. Although the initial diagnosis was irritation by the fixation material of a nasal continuous positive airway pressure .
