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Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome historical perspective

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Overview

Overview

The clinical features were first described in 1878 by Baron Gottfried Ritter von Rittershain, who observed 297 cases among children in a single Czechoslovakian children’s home over a 10-year period.[1]

References

References

  1. ↑ Mockenhaupt M, Idzko M, Grosber M, Schöpf E, Norgauer J (2005). “Epidemiology of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in Germany”. J. Invest. Dermatol. 124 (4): 700–3. doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23642.x. PMID 15816826. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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