Neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: an outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Portugal
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) is a blistering skin condition caused by exfoliative toxin-producing strains of S. aureus. It usually occurs in children under 5 years old but is rare in neonates, especially in very low birth weight, premature infants. Although infrequently, clinical outb...
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| description | Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) is a blistering skin condition caused by exfoliative toxin-producing strains of S. aureus. It usually occurs in children under 5 years old but is rare in neonates, especially in very low birth weight, premature infants. Although infrequently, clinical outbreaks have been reported. We describe an outbreak of SSSS that occurred among 3 premature infants admitted to a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
As soon as it was realized that there was an outbreak, the Infection Control Commission (ICC) was informed and measures to contain the outbreak were immediately applied. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f79a53e5872453b8f37eefcb69227b42022-12-21T23:45:38ZengHygeia Press di Corridori MarinellaJournal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine2281-06922019-07-0182e080209e08020910.7363/080209575Neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: an outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in PortugalMarta Ezequiel0Olga Voutsen1Manuel Cunha2Rosalina Barroso3Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, PortugalNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, PortugalNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, PortugalNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, PortugalStaphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) is a blistering skin condition caused by exfoliative toxin-producing strains of S. aureus. It usually occurs in children under 5 years old but is rare in neonates, especially in very low birth weight, premature infants. Although infrequently, clinical outbreaks have been reported. We describe an outbreak of SSSS that occurred among 3 premature infants admitted to a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). As soon as it was realized that there was an outbreak, the Infection Control Commission (ICC) was informed and measures to contain the outbreak were immediately applied.https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/683staphylococcal scalded skin syndromeinfection outbreakpremature infants |
| spellingShingle | Marta Ezequiel Olga Voutsen Manuel Cunha Rosalina Barroso Neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: an outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Portugal Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome infection outbreak premature infants |
| title | Neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: an outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Portugal |
| title_full | Neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: an outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Portugal |
| title_fullStr | Neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: an outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Portugal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: an outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Portugal |
| title_short | Neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: an outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Portugal |
| title_sort | neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit in portugal |
| topic | staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome infection outbreak premature infants |
| url | https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/683 |
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