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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2021

The mother of a newborn child is suffering from chronic pyelonephritis and had a case of acute respiratory viral infection before giving birth. The delivery is full-term, the waters did not break for a long time. On the 2nd day of life the baby developed an erythematous rash. Blisters of about 1 cm in size appeared. They are filled with seropurulent contents and their lancing results in formation of erosions. The Nikolsky’s sign is positive. The baby is inert and has a subfebrile body temperature. Make the diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Neonatal pemphigus
  2. Pseudofurunculosis
  3. Ritter’s disease of the newborn
  4. Sepsis
  5. Vesiculopustulosis
Correct answer

Neonatal pemphigus

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