Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum is a disorder which has tended to escape the attention of paediatricians, though the first symptoms and signs usually develop during childhood. Since the original independent descriptions in 1898 by Anderson and by Fabry, it has been recognized as a systemic disease rather than a dermatological curiosity. Recent work by Sweeley and Klionsky (1963, 1966) suggests ...

A healthy teenage girl presented to our office with a red, itchy rash on her knee and lower leg that started shortly after the start of cheerleading practice for the wrestling team. The patient reported practicing and performing on wrestling mats as a cheerleader. Her primary care physician prescribed triamcinolone, which exacerbated the eruption. On examination, the patient had annular, erythe...

Report of a case of tinea corporis caused by Microsporum gypseum in a 36-year-old female Aids patient. The literature does not refer this dermatophyte as a common etiologic agent in this group of patients.The lesions were generalized,psoriasiform and refractory to treatment with ketoconazole and itraconazole.

BACKGROUND The incidence of recurrent tinea infections after oral terbinafine therapy is on the rise. AIM This study aims to identify the appearance of incomplete cure and relapse after 2-week oral terbinafine therapy in tinea corporis and/or tinea cruris. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 100 consecutive patients clinically and mycologically diagnosed to have tinea corporis and/or tinea cru...

Anja Bornkessel*, Mirjana Ziemer, Siegrid Yu, Christina Hipler and Peter Elsner Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Erfurter Str. 35, D-07743 Jena, Germany, and Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. *E-mail: [email protected] [The first two authors contributed equally to the writing of this paper.] Accept...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the efficacy of topical antifungal drugs applied to the treatment of each dermatomycosis. METHODS A systematic review of randomized clinical trials, published in Portuguese, Spanish and English until July 2010, which compared the use of azole and allylamine antifungal drugs among themselves and with placebo in the treatment of cutaneous candidiasis and T. ver...

BACKGROUND Few scientific studies have evaluated dermatophytosis among children in the state of Amazonas or in the greater northern region of Brazil. AIMS The aim of this study was to research the frequency and aetiology of dermatophytosis in children age 12 and under, who were seen between March 1996 and November 2005 at the Mycology Laboratory of the National Institute of Amazonian Research...