The accuracy of the tuberculin test depends on several factors, including the use of high-quality tuberculins, the format of the tuberculin test used (e.g. single intradermal comparative tuberculin test, single intradermal tuberculin test, the caudal fold test), the efficiency of the testing procedure, the mode of interpretation of the test result as well as the immunological responsiveness of ...

Intradermal melanoma diagnosis poses a great deal of confusion on many occasions since it can mimic almost any tumour within the dermis. In part I, the different features of intraepidermal mimics were discussed. In this part, there is discussion of the clinical, cytomorphological and immunohistochemical features of intradermal mimics of melanoma and how to distinguish these conditions from mela...

Case Report A sixty-year old male patient was admitted to the hospital with itchy rash on both ankles within 1.5 hours after ingesting S.boulardii 250 mg capsule and nifuroxazide 100 mg capsule. Hyperemic macular lesions surrounding the ankles were seen on physical examination. Oral antihistamine, oral and topical steroid therapies were initiated. Skin tests with suspected drugs were performed ...

The intradermal injection of aqueous solutions of certain homologous neural proteins will suppress the encephalomyelitis which is induced in guinea pigs by the previous injection of whole homologous brain with Freund's adjuvants. These neural proteins extracted by dilute acid from defatted guinea pig brain are themselves highly encephalitogenic when injected with adjuvants, but the specificity ...

BACKGROUND Persistent erythema and severe rosacea flushing can cause significant physical discomfort and emotional stress to patients. Currently, no satisfactory treatments are available. METHODS We report two cases of refractory flushing and erythema of rosacea that were successfully treated with intradermal botulinum toxin injections. RESULTS Good cosmetic results were achieved for both p...