Dominance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Japanese Infant with Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

• Main Authors: Makoto Kondo (Author), Shota Takashima (Author), Hiroyuki Goto (Author), Koji Habe (Author), Ken Natsuga (Author), Keiichi Yamanaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A male infant had the very fragile skin and easily formed bullas by rubbing and scratching from his birth. He was diagnosed with severe recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) due to the lack of type VII collagen by performing an immunofluorescence mapping method from a skin biopsy specime...