Neonatologist, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research Article
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SEPE): Diagnosis and Treatment: Outbreak Control Presented in a Neonatal Unit at a Clinic in Monteria Colombia 2021
Author(s): Rafael Chica Polo, Hector Rafael Pineda Roman, Maria Jose soto Sanchez, Maria Jose Vertel Argel, Viviana Patricia Ibarra Ramirez, Andrea Eloisa Ruiz Quintero, Soraya Escudero Hoyos, Jiseth Paola Avilez Aleman and Carlos Mauricio Vergara Lobo*
Objective: Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SEPE) is a reaction to a staphylococcal skin infection in which blisters form on the skin due to a staphylococcal toxin, which is common in infants and children. In the following observational study, the appearance of cases of a staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SEPE) in a neonatal intensive care unit (epidemiological outbreak) associated with health care (IAAS) is analyzed and the importance of having an infection committee in the service-providing institutions for the containment of these events is highlighted.
Materials and Methods: We reported an outbreak of scalded skin staphylococcal syndrome, over a period of 4 weeks, in a neonatal intensive care unit in the city of Montería Colombia 2021, intervention measures by the institution’s infection committee to resolve the eve.. View More»
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