Infant Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome, Ireland, 2007 – preliminary outbreak report

N O’Connell; M Mannix; R K Philip; B Slevin; R Monahan; L Boyle; D Whyte; A Kearns; C MacDonagh-White

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Infant Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome, Ireland, 2007 – preliminary outbreak report
N O’Connell , M Mannix , R K Philip , B Slevin , R Monahan , L Boyle , D Whyte , A Kearns , C MacDonagh-White
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Citation style for this article: O’Connell N, Mannix M, Philip R K, Slevin B, Monahan R, Boyle L, Whyte D, Kearns A, MacDonagh-White C. Infant Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome, Ireland, 2007 – preliminary outbreak report. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(24):pii=3220. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.12.24.03220-en

Abstract

Between February and May 2007, five confirmed cases of Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) were identified in full-term healthy infants born at a maternity unit in Ireland (hospital A). This hospital serves a population of 340,000 people, with over 4,500 babies born annually.