Morbus Ritter, Pemphigus Neonatorum

Morbus Ritter, Pemphigus neonatorum. Ritter's disease, "impetigo of the newborn", Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS), "pemphigus neonatorum" (this is, however, not a pemphigus disease). Symptoms include superficial epidermal detachment; the whole epidermis is not detached. Caused by Staphycoccus aureus, the toxin of which causes the symptom. The patient requires hospital care.

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