Difference between revisions of "Epidermal necrosis"

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*Abbreviated ''SSSS''.
*Abbreviated ''SSSS''.
===General===
===General===
*Caused by ''S. aureus''.<ref name=pmid17582744>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nishifuji | first1 = K. | last2 = Sugai | first2 = M. | last3 = Amagai | first3 = M. | title = Staphylococcal exfoliative toxins: "molecular scissors" of bacteria that attack the cutaneous defense barrier in mammals. | journal = J Dermatol Sci | volume = 49 | issue = 1 | pages = 21-31 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.05.007 | PMID = 17582744 }}</ref>
*Due to keratinocyte cell-cell adhesion loss in the superficial epidermis - caused by ''S. aureus''.<ref name=pmid17582744>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nishifuji | first1 = K. | last2 = Sugai | first2 = M. | last3 = Amagai | first3 = M. | title = Staphylococcal exfoliative toxins: "molecular scissors" of bacteria that attack the cutaneous defense barrier in mammals. | journal = J Dermatol Sci | volume = 49 | issue = 1 | pages = 21-31 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.05.007 | PMID = 17582744 }}</ref>


Clinical:
Clinical:
*Blisters.
*Blisters  


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid17582744/>
Features:<ref name=pmid17582744/>
*Keratinocyte cell-cell adhesion loss in the superficial epidermis.
*Superficial dermis separates from underlying tissue - looks artefactual.
*Minimal/scant inflammation is typical.<ref>URL: [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/display.cfm?ImageID=2105774586 http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/display.cfm?ImageID=2105774586]. Accessed on: 22 September 2011.</ref>
*Minimal/scant inflammation is typical.<ref>URL: [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/display.cfm?ImageID=2105774586 http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/display.cfm?ImageID=2105774586]. Accessed on: 22 September 2011.</ref>


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