منابع مشابه
Outbreak of staphylococcal bullous impetigo in a maternity ward linked to an asymptomatic healthcare worker.
An outbreak of staphylococcal bullous impetigo occurred over a period of five months in a maternity ward involving seven infected and two colonised neonates. The skin lesions were due to epidermolytic toxin A-producing Staphylococcus aureus. Infection control measures were implemented and a retrospective case-control study performed. Contact with an auxiliary nurse was the only risk factor for ...
متن کاملBullous impetigo caused by Streptococcus salivarius: a case report.
A 19-month-old child presented with bullous impetigo around the perineal region, penis, and left foot. Streptococcus salivarius was the only isolate recovered from the lesions. The child was treated with parenteral penicillin, debridement of the bulli, and local application of silver sulphadiazine cream. This case of bullous impetigo illustrates another aspect of the pathogenicity of Strep. sal...
متن کاملPemphigus, bullous impetigo, and the staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome.
Copyright © 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. P emphigus, which is caused by autoantibodies, and bullous impetigo (including its generalized form, the staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome), which is caused by Staphylococcus aureus, are seemingly unrelated diseases. However, 200 years ago, astute clinicians realized that these diseases had enough clinical similarities to call bullous impetigo ...
متن کاملMolecular mechanisms of blister formation in bullous impetigo and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome.
Bullous impetigo due to Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common bacterial infections of man, and its generalized form, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS), is a frequent manifestation of staphylococcal epidemics in neonatal nurseries. Both diseases are mediated by exfoliative toxins (ETs), which show exquisite pathologic specificity in blistering only the superficial epidermis. ...
متن کاملAsphyxia Neonatorum.
I have presented the material in three sections, the first concerns the antenatal events leading to foetal anoxia, the second deals with the management of labour, and the third discusses methods of treatment which may be applicable in domiciliary midwifery. I have quoted fairly extensively from the National Perinatal Mortality Survey (1961) carried out in 1958 under the auspices of the National...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1943
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4298.623