impetigo neonatorum

[ nē′ō-nā-tôr′əm ]

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n.

A skin disorder in infants characterized by widely disseminated bullous lesions appearing soon after birth and caused by staphylococcal infection, occasionally complicated by streptococcal infection.dermatitis exfoliativa infantum pemphigus gangrenosus

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From impetigo contagiosa, and the flat pustular syphiloderm.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
From what diseases is impetigo contagiosa to be differentiated?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
This variety was formerly thought to be a distinct disease, and was described under the name of impetigo simplex.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
It is closely allied to impetigo contagiosa, and may in fact be regarded as a markedly inflammatory form of the latter affection.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

A grave type of pemphigus is exceptionally observed in the newborn—pemphigus neonatorum.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

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