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Staphylococcus aureus causes...
1. scladed skin syndrom
2. impetigo
3. common pimples
symptoms of scalded skin syndrome
"Ritter's disease"
- usually in infants
- red, tender skin that may peel
- caused by an exotoxin (exfolliatins)
symptoms of impetigo
- crusty blisters that ooze yellow-greenish pus "pyoderma"
treatment of S.aureus diseases
- good hygiene
- antibiotics for severe