title: Case report. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in adults: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: An adult drug abuser with endocarditis due to a group II Staphylococcus aureus developed the staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS). Studies of the patient's immune function found cell-mediated immunity (CMI) to be essentially normal; thus, previous suggestions that deficient CMI is required in adults who develop SSSS seem unfounded. Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy of SSSS and its differentiation from drug-induced hypersensitivity reaction are discussed in detail.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome