Diagnosis: Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Description: After recovery
Morphology: Blisters
Site: Face
Sex: M
Age: 4
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Ian McColl
Differential Diagnosis
History:
Staph scalded skin syndrome comes on rapidly with geberalised tender red skin that blisters superficially. There is usully a source of staph infection particularly nasal with a toxin producing Staph organism