Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

**Definition:** A disease of infants due to group 2 phage type 17 staphylococci that produce an epidermolytic exotoxin. Superficial fine vesicles and bullae form and rupture easily, resulting in loss of large sheets of epidermis.

**Tree numbers:** - C01.150.252.410.868.951.770 - C01.150.252.819.770.770 - C01.800.720.770.770 - C17.800.838.765.770.770

**Synonyms:** - Ritter's Disease - Ritter Disease - Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndrome - Scalded Skin Syndrome, Staphylococcal