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Originally Posted by BryanK
Thank you sir. She has in fact seen the IDS, and still no word on a diagnosis. I understand it takes time, I just didn't figure it took that long to nail down.
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There is a big difference between being at an academic center-affiliated hospital and being at said academic center.
Cultures do take time to grow, but draining/scraping of one of the bullae (large blisters) as shown in your picture should help with the diagnosis.
Staph or strep skin infection and subsequent exotoxin effects could certainly lead to her clinical picture and is more likely than SJS (Stevens-Johnson), but I had assumed (mea culpa!) the docs are working her up for the more common things and you were asking because the process has progressed despite a few days of assessments and intervention which would make for a need to think outside the box.
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