A 28 year old G4PlAb2 white female presented at 12 weeks gestation for a routine prenatal evaluation. Her past medical history was significant for marked photosensitive dermatitis and occasional polyarythralgias since the age of 18. Her past obstetrical history was remarkable for 2 spontaneous abortions, and for a 2 year old asymptomatic son with complete congenital heart block. There was no fa...

The purpose of this paper is to provide an applied and objective analysis into heat transfer mass parameters such as relative water vapour permeability, thermal conductivity absorptivity well liquid accumulation baby diapers which have critical importance on skin health using non-destructive Alambeta Permetest instruments. SEM investigation was also carried out for characterization breathable f...

We present a 12-month-old Hispanic female with a reticulated, hyperchromic rash in a striated pattern appearing on upper and lower extremities and trunk and back since the age of 6 weeks. Over the next 10 months, the rash persisted. The rash did not respond to treatment with antifungals and steroids. During her 6-month wellness visit, the patient was diagnosed with incontinentia pigmenti (IP), ...

Sir—Although Leclercia adecarboxylata was initially described in 1962 [1], reports of clinically significant infections involving this motile, gram-negative bacillus are uncommon. In the world’s literature, 8 cases have been reported in which L. adecarboxylata was isolated from infected patients [2, 3]. In 4 of these cases, L. adecarboxylata was isolated from the blood of patients with an under...

Blood transfusion is an accepted therapeutic procedure in all specialties of medicine. In dermatology, specialized techniques like plasmapheresis and extracorporeal photochemotherapy have provided a good treatment option in immune-mediated disorders like bullous dermatoses, collagen vascular diseases and cutaneous lymphomas. Other anecdotal and less substantiated reports point to its use in chr...

Background: Atopic dermatitis is a major public health problem, often starting in early childhood and sometimes followed by other allergic diseases. Although hypersensitivity to foods is assumed to play an essential role in the development of atopic dermatitis in some patients, little is known about common food allergens in Iranian children with atopic dermatitis. Objectives: This study was des...

We examined the association between water and hygiene-related behaviors and persistent diarrhea (duration > 14 days) among children under age three years in an indigenous rural Guatemalan community. Behavior indicators were specific aspects of the appearance of the mother, study child, other children and household that could be observed using a spot observation technique. Thirty-four percent of...

A 68-year-old man was referred to us with glucocorticoidresistant polyarthralgia. Three months before presentation, he received a tentative diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica and was treated with prednisolone (10 mg/day) by an orthopedic surgeon. The findings for rheumatoid factor and anticitrullinated peptide antibody were negative. After his polyarthralgia improved, the prednisolone was grad...