title: Criteria for the diagnosis of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in adults.
abstract: The diagnosis of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is usually made upon the bases of characteristic skin lesions and the isolation of toxin-producing staphylococci. However, these criteria are not always reliable. An adult patient with characteristic skin lesions was colonized with phage group 2 staphylococci. The patient was subsequently found to have a drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis. The criteria necessary for the diagnosis of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003023:Cloxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D003023:Cloxacillin