Skin scrapings, mouth swabs, and faecal specimens from children with eruptions in the napkin area and from a series of normal infants were examined for the presence of Candida albicans.This was found in 41% of all napkin eruptions but in only one of the 68 normal infants. While C. albicans is a common secondary invader of all types of napkin eruption, primary Candida infection of the skin in th...

Sindbis virus (SINV) is widespread in Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia, but clinical infection occurs as epidemics in a few geographically restricted areas. We recently proved, by virus isolation from patients, that SINV is the causative agent of Pogosta disease, a mosquito-borne rash-arthritis occurring as larger epidemics every seventh year in Finland. Altogether, 86 patients with serologi...

JUNE 2004 • VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3 • CLINICAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING Michelle Purdom, RN, BSN, is a research nurse supervisor in the Department of Cancer Medicine Phase 1 Unit at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. (Mention of specific products and opinions related to those products do not indicate or imply endorsement by the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing or ...

Anogenital irritation is a fairly common complaint by women in a general practitioner's surgery. No age group is exempt, if nappy rash is included, but strictly speaking pruritus is itching or irritation rather than soreness. In this region pruritus is a particularly distressing complaint because to attempt to relieve it by scratching is socially unacceptable. For this reason, parents may consu...

Diaper dermatitis is the most common dermatological disease of infancy, which occurs and caused by the combined effect of irritants such as diaper, urine and faces. In this study, we intend to evaluate the effect of breast milk on the healing of diaper dermatitis. This study was a clinical trial of 30 infants between 0-12 months of age that were suffering from diaper dermatitis and referred to ...

BACKGROUND Diaper dermatitis is the most common dermatologic disorder of infancy. This study evaluates the frequency of outpatient visits resulting in this diagnosis, specialties of physicians providing services, demographics of patients, and leading agents used in treatment. DESIGN Records of 272,841 encounters from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (1990-1997) were examined for vi...

When someone has very weak immunity level, they can develop skin problems. Children, especially babies and toddlers, are prone to problems because their immune systems not fully developed. Developing an application that help users be able diagnose diseases in Diaper Rash, Prickly Heat, Chicken Pox, Measles, Eczema, Impetigo is needed according needs. This study uses the Forward Chaining inferen...

Latar Belakang Menurut IDAI (Ikatan Dokter Anak Indonesia) angka kejadian ruam popok di Indonesia pada tahun 2017 mencapai 7-35%, dengan terbanyak usia 9-12 bulan dan bayi laki-laki perempuan berusia dibawah tiga tahun. Selain itu, dari beberapa penelitian menunjukan bahwa hasil yang dilakukan Lampung terdapat mengalami sebanyak 21,14%.Tujuan Diketahui pengaruh pemberian minyak zaitun terhadap ...