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Ritter's disease, or staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, is a form of skin disease due to the exfoliative toxin, exfoliatin, produced by various species of staphylococci and is characterized by generalized bullae formation and exfoliation.
The authors experienced a case of Ritter's disease in an 8 day-old newborn who had generalized bullae and skin exfoliation. Unfortunately, the patient expired on the 13th... |
