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Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome caused by exfoliative toxin B-producing methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus

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Abbreviations

ET :

Exfoliative toxin

MRSA :

Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus

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  1. 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, 236, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    S. Yokota

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

    S. Yokota, T. Imagawa, S. Katakura & T. Mitsuda

  3. Department of Microbiology, Yokohama City Institute of Health, Yokohama, Japan

    K. Arai

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Yokota, S., Imagawa, T., Katakura, S. et al. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome caused by exfoliative toxin B-producing methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus . Eur J Pediatr 155, 722 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957163

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