Background The symmetrical drug-related intertriginous and flexural exanthema (SDRIFE) is a delayed-type hypersensitivity drug reaction (HDR) that causes symmetrical erythematous lesions in flexural areas, including buttocks and groin, which arise following exposure to drugs, especially beta-lactams. The involvement of palms and soles is rare and, until now, it has only been described after exp...

© 2010 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0734 Journal Compilation © 2010 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Sir, Dyshidrosiform pemphigoid (DP) is an unusual variant of localized pemphigoid presenting with a persistent vescicobullous eruption localized to the soles or palms or both, similar to dyshidrosiform dermatitis. This condition is rarely reported in the literature, it generally ...

Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. canariensis has caused the death of hundreds of Canary Island date palms, Phoenix canariensis, in Sydney where they have been used prominently in landscape plantings. The fungus is spread in soil, by transplanting palms and on contaminated pruning implements and possibly by seed, birds and insects. Vegetative compatibility groupings (VCGs) were u...