EC Paediatrics

Case Report Volume 12 Issue 6 - 2023

Severe Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex in a Neonate: A Case Report

Sudheer Kumar G1 and Ashok Badakali2*

1Resident, Department of Paediatrics, S.N. Medical College and HSK Hospital, Bagalkot, India
2Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, S.N. Medical College and HSK Hospital, Bagalkot, India

*Corresponding Author: Ashok Badakali, Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, S.N. Medical College and HSK Hospital, Bagalkot, India.
Received: May 23, 2023; Published: March 31, 2023




Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is an inherited rare genetic connective tissue disorder. Present with widespread life-threatening blisters and fragile skin, making treatment and handling of the newborn with EB challenging. Treatments include blister care, daily skin dressing, Sepsis including with only minor skin infection, to death in the neonatal period, with severe skin infection.

 Keywords: Blisters; Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB); Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sepsis; Neonatal

Sudheer Kumar G and Ashok Badakali. Severe Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex in a Neonate: A Case Report. EC Paediatrics 12.6 (2023): 59-62.

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