Background:Kaposi’s varicelliform eruption (KVE), first described in 1887 by Moritz Kaposi, refers to a disseminated cutaneous infection with herpesvirus type 1 or 2, vaccinia virus, or coxsackievirus A16 in a patien...
Background:The aggravating role of Staphylococcus aureus superantigens is well known in atopic dermatitis (AD) but has not yet been proven in psoriasis (PS). Objective:We investigated the distribution oref Sauus in th...
In a randomized,double-blind,placebo-controlled 4-week trial, 59 patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis were treated orally with 10 mg of the leukotriene antagonist montelukast. Forty-seven patients comple...
Background: T-cell infiltration in plaque psoriasis has recently been an important subject of investigation. Interestingly, comparative analyses of the disease-specific composition of the lesional T-cell infiltrate in...
The aims of the study were to assess whether contact dermatitis in children could be due to a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to natural rubber latex (NRL) and to define risk factors for later occurrence of Type I h...
Background:An association of mental stress with atopic dermatitis is widely accepted. However, no long-term evaluation of psychophysiological reactivity over the course of disease has yet been performed. Objective:We ...
Very few articles have aimed to illuminate the clinical profiles of vitiligo in China. We conducted this retrospective survey involving 4118 outpatients with vitiligo in order to identify the differences among various...
We evaluated the emollient use and bathing habits of children with atopic eczema (AE) managed at the paediatric dermatology clinic of a university teaching hospital, using children with noneczematous skin diseases as ...
Objective:To compare the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus ointment and pimecrolimus cream in adult and pediatric patients with mild to very severe atopic dermatitis (AD). Methods:One thousand and sixty-five patients ...
A high index of suspicion is needed to diagnose scabies correctly. Permethrin 5%dermal cream is the treatment of choice for scabies in the UK, Australia, and USA; however, incorrect or inappropriate treatment is ineff...