Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Question 1

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

s tafik ka kill / s kal did

staphy loco ccal / scalded

Answer 1

a serious skin infection. The infection causes peeling skin over large parts of the body. It looks like the skin has been scalded or burned by hot liquid

Question 2

Signs and Symptoms

Answer 2

a. begins as generalized redness of skin
b. malaise (vague feeling of discomfort & uneasiness)
c. irritability
d. fever
e. causes skin to appear burned with hot liquid or steam
skin will be :
(1) tender to touch
(2) peels easily
(3) feels like sandpaper

vaig / ir id ability / san pay pir

vague / irr it ability / sandpaper

Question 3

within 48 hours after redness appears what happened

Answer 3

(1) skin becomes wrinkled
(2) large blisters filled with clear fluid

rin killed=متجعد / blis tir

wrinkle / blister=بثور

Question 4

Causative Agent

Answer 4

Staphylococcus aureus

stafik ka kiss or yis

staphy loco ccus au re us

Question 5

known as

Answer 5

SSSS

Question 6

at increased risk :

Answer 6

elderly
immunocompromised people
newborn

Question 7

Prevention

Answer 7

isolation

Question 8

Treatment

Answer 8

remove dead tissue
antibiotics

Question 9

transmission

Answer 9

person to person transmission

Question 10

pathogenosis

Answer 10

exfoliatin toxin

X fohle yeh tin

ex foli atin

Question 11

characteristic

Answer 11

-danger of secondary infections can be fatal without treatment
-marked loss of fluid

Question 12

pathogenosis way

Answer 12

(1) released at site of infection
(2) absorbed & carried by bloodstream
(3) causes epidermis to split just below dead keratinized outer layer
(4) outer skin layers lost like severe burns

care it n ize

kera tin ized