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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013206
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013206
Preferred Name

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Scalded Skin Syndrome, Staphylococcal
Scalded-Skin Syndrome, Staphylococcal
Disease, Ritter
Scalded-Skin Syndromes, Staphylococcal
Disease, Ritter's
Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndromes
Ritters Disease
Syndrome, Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin
Syndromes, Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin
Ritter Disease
Staphylococcal Scalded-Skin Syndrome
Ritter's Disease
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