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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Associated with Klebsiella Pneumoniae Sepsis
Author(s) -
Picard Elie,
GUlis David,
Klapholz Laurent,
Schreiber Laetitia,
Engelhard Dan
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1994.tb00099.x
Subject(s) - toxic epidermal necrolysis , klebsiella pneumoniae , medicine , sepsis , dermatology , klebsiella , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , pathology , escherichia coli , biology , biochemistry , gene
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare condition In childhood usually attributed to drugs. We describe a 4‐month‐old infant who developed typical clinical and histologic findings of TEN concomltantly with Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis. We emphasize that in cases of acute, severe exfoliative disease in infants, apart from staphylococcal infection, gram‐negative bacterial sepsis must also be considered.