Background/objective: Facial dermatitis is common and the roles different exogenous factors play between facial and nonfacial dermatitis is unknown. The study aim was to investigate the etiology and selfreported exogenous aggravation factors in facial dermatitis. Methods: There were 89 facial dermatitis patients patch tested in a tertiary hospital during a 1-year period, and 112 patients with n...

A 12-year old boy presented with a 2 months history of an itchy eruption over the extremities. The patient complained of a cyclic course with exacerbation in winter. There was no history of asthma, rhinitis or atopic dermatitis. Examination revealed grouped follicular papules forming discoid patches (Fig 1) predominantly over the extensor aspect of forearms and legs. The papules were skin color...

atopy can be defined as the genetically determined risk to develop allergic disease. avoidance of one specific allergen may decrease the risk for sensitization against this allergen, but it will not affect atopy. our aim was to investigate if exclusive breast-feeding is associated with atopic dermatitis during the first 5 years of life. data on 200 children were taken from parental-administered...

Cultures for Malassezia yeasts were taken from both normal-looking skin and lesional skin in 124 patients with atopic dermatitis, 16 patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis and from normal skin of 31 healthy controls. Positive Malassezia growth was found in fewer patients with atopic dermatitis (56%) than in patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis (88%) or in healthy controls (84%, p<0.01). In the pa...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To describe recent developments in therapies which target the molecular mechanisms in atopic dermatitis. RECENT FINDINGS Current advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of atopic dermatitis are leading to the stratification of different atopic dermatitis phenotypes. New therapies offer the option to target-specific molecules involved in the pathophysiology of at...

background: cercariae (larva of helminth parasites) are covered by a thick glycocalyx coat, which serves as an osmotic pro­tection during their free existence, and contain carbohydrates conjugated as glycoproteins, glycolipids and mu­co­polysaccharides. although, limited studies have been made on life cycle of cercariae from fresh water snails, however, car­bo­hydrate studies on cercariae have ...

contact dermatitis is an inflammatory reaction of the skin and mucosa to either external or internal factors. it can be divided to two forms of irritant contact dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis. nickel is one of the most common materials that causes allergic contact dermatitis and is widely used in orthodontic appliances. the inflammatory reaction to this metal in orthodontics is usua...

The phenomen El Niño that affected Peru at 1998, made possible the growth of copious vegetation in traditionally dry places. On this way, Paederus irritans, dipterous of the order Coleoptera that produces dermatitis when croushed on the skin, found substract that allowed the natural growth of its population. The coming of occasional rains on the months of February to April 1999, attacked the ha...

Linear IgA disease (LAD) is a chronic, acquired, autoimmune bullous disease. Generalized bullous eruptions is not unusual in the intensive care unit. The cause can be idiopathic, autoimmune, or drug induced but prompt recognition is crucial to their management. The autoimmune blistering skin diseases are a heterogeneous group of diseases associated with autoantibodies that are directed against ...