Isolating Staphylococcus aureus from children with suspected Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is not clinically useful.
Ladhani
Shamez
S
Metalloprotein Research Group, Division of Biomolecular Sciences, Kings College London, UK.
Robbie
Scott
S
Chapple
Daniel S
DS
Joannou
Christopher L
CL
Evans
Robert W
RW
D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013206:Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal; C031818:enterotoxin B, staphylococcal