A 3 year old child was brought to OPD with fever & following skin lesions.Diagnosis:: (A) Cellulitis, (B) Bullous impetigo, (C) Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, (D) Erysipelas
Answer is C. The child presented with generalized desquamation of skin suggestive of Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome or Reiter's disease cauesd by Staphylococcus (Bullous impetigo with hematological dissemination),commonly seen in neonates & children < 5 years.