1 Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Brasil, 2 Laboratório de Vigilância em Leishmanioses, Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica Evandro Chagas, Fiocruz, Brasil, 3 Departamento de Otorrino e Oftalmologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 4 Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine, Section of Immunology, London, U...

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive, and often fatal cutaneous malignancy that is not usually suspected at the time of biopsy. Because of its increasing incidence and the discovery of a possible viral association, interest in MCC has escalated. Recent effort has broadened our breadth of knowledge regarding MCC and developed instruments to improve data collection and future study. ...

BACKGROUND Restrictive (i.e. elimination)-provocation dietary trials remain the standard of care to diagnose cutaneous adverse food reactions (CAFRs) in dogs and cats. There is currently no consensus on the duration of elimination diet trials that would permit the highest sensitivity of diagnosis of CAFR in companion animals. RESULTS The search for, and review and analysis of the best evidenc...

This study evaluated the effects of a manganese peptide complex in the treatment of various signs of cutaneous facial photodamage. Individuals used a facial serum formulation containing the manganese peptide complex Manganese Tripeptide-1 twice a day for up to 12 weeks. At the end of the treatment period, the individuals and a blinded investigator noted improvement in the appearance of several ...

Possible dental etiology is often overlooked in the patients with cutaneous odontogenic lesion. An accurate diagnosis requires interaction between physicians (especially dermatologists), surgeons, and dentists. Early recognition of the lesion facilitates prompt treatment, minimizes patient discomfort and esthetic problems, and reduces the possibility of further complications greatly. This artic...

Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the skin. We sought to use bacterial community abundance data to assess the feasibility of developing multivariate molecular signatures for differentiation of cutaneous psoriatic lesions, clinically unaffected contralateral skin from psoriatic patients, and similar cutaneous loci in matched healthy control subjects. Using 16S rRNA high-throu...