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Ritter's disease Med.|ˈrɪtəz|
[Named after Gottfried Ritter von Rittershain (1820–83), Bohemian physician, who first described it as a distinct entity in 1878 (Central-Zeitung f. Kinderheilkunde II. 3–23).]
A sometimes fatal form of dermatitis affecting newborn infants.
1888Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. XCV. 11 The pemphigus simplex acutus, like Ritter's disease, belongs to the first weeks of life, but appears earlier, sometimes in the first few days after birth. 1931B. Williamson Handbk. Dis. Children xvii. 143 Pemphigus neonatorum (Ritter's disease)..occasionally is luetic in origin, but more often it is a septic infection associated with unclean midwifery. 1966Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children CXI. 391/2 The exact etiology of Ritter's disease has never been finally established, many investigators having reported an association with staphylococcal infection. |