RT Journal
A1 Ridgway HB, Lowe NJ
T1 STaphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an adult with hodgkin's disease
JF Archives of Dermatology
JO Archives of Dermatology
YR 1979
FD May 1
VO 115
IS 5
SP 589
OP 590
DO 10.1001/archderm.1979.04010050023009
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1979.04010050023009
AB An elderly man with Hodgkin's disease who was receiving multiple drug chemotherapy became septic and a wide-spread bullous eruption developed. Intraepidermal cleavage on skin biopsy supported a diagnosis of the staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) type of toxic epidermal necrolysis. Blood cultures confirmed a staphylococcal septicemia. Occurrence of this syndrome in an adult is unusual. A review of the literature on SSSS indicates an increased mortality when adults are compared with children with this syndrome.(Arch Dermatol 115:589-590, 1979)