Mr J.J., a 32-year-old Iraqi presented for investigation of anhidrosis. In 1967 he first developed a pruritic erythroderma with exfoliation, alopecia, nail loss and mucosal ulceration. There was no history of drug ingestion. Recovery was gradual. Since 1968 the patient has been unable to sweat. As a result he is heat intolerant, with 10 min in a hot environment causing palpitation, headache and...

Oral exfoliative cytology (EC) is a rapid and practical complementary test that can be used in the diagnosis of various diseases. The objectives of this study were to assess dentists' knowledge of EC and to disseminate information on the technique. The study included 240 dentists from the city of Anápolis (Goiás, Brazil) who answered a questionnaire regarding demographic data and data relating ...

At a debate of the Dermatological Society of London, November 9th, 1898, on general exfoliative dermatitis or pityriasis rubra, Dr. Walter G. Smith1 said that in regard to nomenclature, etymology is a fallible guide in medical terminology, and he did not think it mattered much whether we choose to call it exfoliative dermatitis or pityriasis rubra, except that it would be well we should all agr...

Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome is an exfoliative dermatitis characterized by the separation of the epidermis at the stratum granulosum. This disruption is mediated by one of two Staphylococcus aureus exotoxins, exfoliative toxins A and B (ETA and ETB). Both ETA and ETB have been reported to be bacterial superantigens. A controversy exists, however, as other data indicate that these exotox...

We report 2 cases of implant infection with Staphylococcus aureus associated with dermatitis. In both cases, the skin at the surgical site was normal and full antiseptic measures were taken. One patient had a history of chronic asteatotic eczema complicated by cellulitis; the other had generalised exfoliative dermatitis with an atopic aetiology. Dermatitis at sites remote from the operative sit...

Exfoliative dermatitis (ED) or erythroderma is defined as diffuse erythema and scaling of the skin involving more than 90% total body surface, which can be caused by variety systemic cutaneous diseases, such infection, including dermatophytosis. Dermatophytosis a superficial fungal infection keratinized tissue dermatophytes. There are only few case reports ED due to dermatophytosis in literatur...