INTRODUCTION Seborrheic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. One of the components of metabolic syndrome is inflammation, and many inflammatory cytokines play a critical role in the disease. The aim of this study is to investigate metabolic syndrome and to evaluate the relationship between the parameters of the disease and disease severity in patients with seborrheic dermatitis. ...

Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is a common inflammatory disorder of the skin, characterized by erythema covered with greasy-looking scales and seen over areas rich in sebaceous glands-namely, the scalp, face, chest, back and flexural areas. Though much remains to be learned, there is increasing understanding of the etiopathogenesis of seborrheic dermatitis. This should eventually lead to more effec...

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate association lipid profile abnormality and eborrheic dermatitis by analyzing profile; severity seborrheic dermatitis. Methods: This prospective observational conducted in department dermatology Dr. D.Y. Patil University Hospital, School Medicine, Navi Mumbai. diagnosed cases Seborrheic Dermatitis were subjected examination. demographic disease then...

conclusions the nested-pcr is a rapid and repeatable method for identification of important malassezia species and this method is recommended for use on more patients. in addition the most common agents of pityriasis versicolor and seborrheic dermatitis were m. furfur and m. restricta, respectively. results the most common isolate was malassezia furfur (51.3%) followed by m. globosa (35.2%) and...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and most common etiologies of scalp scaling in infants and prepubertal children and the specificity of head and neck lymphadenopathy for the diagnosis of tinea capitis associated with scalp scaling. DESIGN/METHODS A cross-sectional study of 300 children, 200 from an urban general pediatric practice and 100 from 2 urban pediatric dermatology practices, was...

From the Department of Dermatology (L.N.) and Centro Studi Gruppo Italiano Studi Epidemiologici in Dermatologia (L.N., A.R.), Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo; and the Section of Dermatology, Department of Endocrinologic and Medical Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa (A.R.) — both in Italy. Address reprint requests to Dr. Naldi at Centro Studi GISED, Ospedali Riuniti, Largo Barozzi 1, 24128 Bergamo,...

Malassezia spp in skin microbiome scalp has been implicated in seborrheic dermatitis pathogenesis. Thus, treatment based in antifungal combined to topical keratolitic agents have been indicated as well as oral isotretinoin as it reduces the sebum production, glandular's size and possesses anti-inflammatory properties. This randomized, comparative and therapeutic trial aimed toper form the genot...

Seborrheic dermatitis is a common chronic inflammatory skin condition, characterized by scaling and poorly defined erythematous patches. It may be associated with pruritus, and it primarily affects sebum-rich areas, such as the scalp, face, upper chest, and back. Although its pathogenesis is not completely understood, some postulate that the condition results from colonization of the skin of af...

Seborrheic dermatitis is a chronic relapsing erythematous scaly skin disease, the prevalence of which is around 1 to 3% of the general population in the United States. It has two incidence peaks, the first in the first three months of life and the second beginning at puberty and reaching its apex at 40 to 60 years of age. The prevalence of seborrheic dermatitis is higher in HIV-positive individ...