Triadelphia pulvinata, a soil hyphomycete, was found to be the cause of eczematoid, scaly, grey lesions on the skin of both eyelids of a 30-year-old Indian male living in Saudi Arabia. Repeated KOH preparations of the skin scrapings showed presence of sclerotic, branched, septate hyphae. When cultured, skin scrapings from the lesion grew the dematiaceous fungus T. pulvinata. Treatment with topi...

BACKGROUND Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and outbreaks occur in correctional facilities, such as jails and prisons. Spread of these infections can be extremely difficult to control. Development of effective prevention protocols requires an understanding of MRSA risk factors in incarcerated persons. METHODS We performed a case-control study ...

We have developed a model system that recapitulates nearly all elements of native human skin biology. Currently, the available systems to study biology are limited animal models or other incomplete in vitro culture systems. Animal suffer from well known differences between and organism biology, while fail incorporate critical such as stromal immune cells. Our newly contains skin, allowing for s...

COVID-19 and cosmetic skin-fillers are two prevalent topics of today’s medicine, yet their interaction is not sufficiently studied. This article based on a clinico-morphological case where the patient, 37-year-old female, visited clinic with complaints painless palpable subcutaneous pathologic nodular lesions at site collagen filler injection after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...

UNLABELLED The influence of the skin microbiota on host susceptibility to infectious agents is largely unexplored. The skin harbors diverse bacterial species that may promote or antagonize the growth of an invading pathogen. We developed a human infection model for Haemophilus ducreyi in which human volunteers are inoculated on the upper arm. After inoculation, papules form and either spontaneo...

Background: Accurate diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis wouldavoid unnecessary treatment and scar formation. Direct smear isthe most common method for the diagnosis of this disease but itsnegative result could not rule out the infection; so, the need formore sensitive methods is obvious. We conducted this study tocompare the efficiency of direct skin smear with smears preparedby fine needle a...

Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is a common problem in patients with faecal and/or urinary incontinence. Urine alters the normal skin flora and increases permeability of the stratum corneum and faecal enzymes on the skin contribute to skin damage. Faecal bacteria can then penetrate the skin, increasing the risk of secondary infection. However, IAD can be prevented and healed with timel...

presence of fungal agents in lesions of two patients in tehran was studied. one of them had clinical symptoms of mycetoma in his foot, and the other had a skin infection in his arm. examination of the lesions indicated nocardia asteroides. these patients did not show any evidence of nocardia infection in other parts of the body. negative results were obtained from the cultures of blood and sputum.