Lactante, 9 meses: lesiones peribucales, edema palpebral, conjuntivitis, xerosis peribucal con costras melicéricas, eritrodermia generalizada y lesiones en cuello, extremidades superiores y glúteos, con signo de Nikolsky +.
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#pediatria #AtencionPrimaria #urgencias
SINDROME DE PIEL ESCALDADA ESTAFILOCÓCICA (Enfermedad de Ritter).

📌frecuente en < 5 años,
📌eritrodermia con signo de Nikolsky
📌conjuntivitis y edema facial con descamación periorificial.
2/5

continuum.aeped.es/screens/play/1…
@ContinuumAEP @aepediatria #infecciosas #microbología
@ContinuumAEP @aepediatria La enfermedad de Ritter está causada por cepas de estafilococo productoras de toxinas que se dirigen al complejo desmogleína 1 en la zona granulosa de la epidermis, provocando la exfoliación de la piel.
3/5

#MIR #MedTwitter
@ContinuumAEP @aepediatria El principal diagnóstico diferencial es la necrólisis epidérmica tóxica o enfermedad de Lyell, que es más frecuente y afecta mucosas, estando relacionada con la exposición a fármacos y tiene un patrón histológico distinto.
4/5

#MedEd #dermatología
@ContinuumAEP @aepediatria Tratamiento del SINDROME DE PIEL ESCALDADA ESTAFILOCÓCICA:
✔️antibióticos que cubren el Staphylococcus aureus sensible a la meticilina como cloxacilina o cefazolina
✔️vancomicina si se sospecha S. aureus resistente a la meticilina
5/5

#bacteriología #Doctor

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