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DOID:9063 - Ritter's disease


Disease Ontology Definition:A commensal bacterial infectious disease that is characterized by widespread erythema, peeling, and necrosis of the skin, that is caused by a toxin produced by a bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus (S. aureus). The infection has_symptoms redness of skin, has_symptom fluid-filled blister formation, has_symptom fever and has_symptom irritability.

Synonyms: Dermatitis exfoliativa neonatorum, Pemphigus neonatorum, Ritter disease, Scalded skin syndrome, Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (disorder), Toxic epidermal necrolysis, subcorneal type (disorder),

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Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): commensal bacterial infectious disease (is_a)