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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1992;35(6):840-844. Published online June 15, 1992.

A Case of Ritter's Disease

Young Kul YK Lee¹, Eun Mi EM Kim¹, Dong Rak DR Choi¹, Hae Ran HR Lee¹, Chong Young CY Park¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

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 day of admission due to renal failure, presumably attributed to septic shock. The diagnosis was supported by typical skin lesions, the results of cultures from skin and blood, and by skin biopsy. A brief review of pertinent literatures was done.

Keywords :Ritter's disease