Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an adult with Hodgkin's disease
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 115 (5) , 589-590
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.115.5.589
Abstract
An elderly man with Hodgkin''s disease who was receiving multiple drug chemotherapy became septic and a widespread bullous eruption developed. Intraepidermal cleavage on skin biopsy supported a diagnosis of the staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) type of toxic epidermal necrolysis. Blood cultures confirmed a staphylococcal septicemia. Occurrence of this syndrome in an adult is unusual. An increased mortality due to SSSS is indicated when adults are compared with children with this syndrome.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an adult and a childArchives of Dermatology, 1976