TY  - JOUR
T1  - STaphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an adult with hodgkin's disease
AU  - Ridgway HB, Lowe NJ
Y1  - 1979/05/01
N1  - 10.1001/archderm.1979.04010050023009
JO  - Archives of Dermatology
SP  - 589
EP  - 590
VL  - 115
IS  - 5
N2  - 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)
SN  - 0003-987X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archderm.1979.04010050023009
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1979.04010050023009
ER  -