TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Generalized Skin Disorders A1 - Sochor, Mark A1 - Pandit, Amit A1 - Brady, William J. A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Cline, David M. PY - 2016 T2 - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e AB - This chapter describes selected serious generalized skin disorders in adults and discusses their dermatologic diagnosis and treatment. Covered are erythema multiforme, toxic epidermal necrolysis, exfoliative erythroderma, the toxic infectious erythemas, disseminated viral infections, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, disseminated gonococcal infection, purpura fulminans, and pemphigus vulgaris. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome and meningococcemia are discussed in the pediatric section, in chapter 141, "Rashes in Infants and Children." Staphylococcal and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome are also discussed in chapter 150, "Toxic Shock Syndromes." Disseminated viral infections are discussed in chapter 153, "Serious Viral Infections" and in chapter 141. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1139620384 ER -