Infantile Eczema

Infantile Eczema

Probiotics and infantile atopic eczema

Pediatric eczema is a common disease which causes economic and social burden. Its incidence differs among the societies, with an incidence reported to reach up to 20% in developed countries. Eczema is the first allergic disease seen in the childhood, and it is recognized as a precursor for the development of atopic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, and food allergy in the forthcoming ...

Long-term morbidity of infantile eczema.

The role of foods in determining and/or aggravating the clinical manifestations of infantile eczema has been stressed in the last decades. Elimination diets induce a dramatic improvement in children with food allergy, but the long-term prognosis may be challenging.

[Infantile eczema with special reference to the pathologic lesion].

802 DR. SEDLIS: A brief review of the clinical features of a group of patients with eczema will be followed by a report of special studies of the pathology of the skin. Eczema is a frequent, important skin disease in early life. It has been a puzzling problem for the physician and an exasperating one for parents and patients alike. We began our study of eczema about 1 year ago. During this year...

Pyogenic cocci in infantile eczema throughout one year.

To determine the source of pyococci causing attacks of sepsis in infantile eczema 20 patients with continuing eczema were followed up for one year, regular swabs being taken from the skin, nose, throat, and family contacts. The staphylococci were phage typed and the streptococci serologically typed. Staphylococci of the same phage type in most cases remained in reservoir sites on the skin and c...