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Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an infant: A case report

Abstract:

The staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) is an entity first described by Ritter Von Rittershain in 1878 who called neonatal exfoliative dermatitis. This condition belongs to a group of diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus toxins characterized causing vesicular skin lesions and large denudation areas. SSSS is not a common disease, but it is seen more frequently seen in infants and children less than five years. Its pathophysiological basis is supported on two epidermolitic toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus known as exfoliatin A and B. The present study describes a clinical case of an infant patient transferred by his mother to the Emergency Service which was characterized by generalized rash and subsequent onset of vesicular lesions whose presentation occurred during Chikungunya fever virus outbreak of (CHIKV) reported since June 2014 in our city, Maracaibo.