Publications by authors named "A Diaconeasa"
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- Borreliosis, or Lyme disease, is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria and primarily transmitted by ixodoid ticks, especially affecting children aged five to nine.
- In Europe, the main early symptom is erythema migrans, while in North America, arthritis is more common.
- The review highlights cutaneous manifestations such as erythema migrans and lymphocytoma in Europe, discusses diagnosis challenges due to non-specific symptoms, and emphasizes treatment approaches for childhood cases.
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- Scabies is a widespread skin condition caused by a mite, affecting around 300 million people globally, with infants and children being the most affected.
- *The primary symptom is intense itching, leading to complications like bacterial infections, and diagnosis is typically done through clinical examination and skin scraping.
- *Topical permethrin is the preferred treatment, with ivermectin as an oral option for resistant cases, while social factors like poverty and recent events like the COVID-19 pandemic have further increased scabies incidence.
Kerion Celsi is an inflammatory, deep fungal infection of the scalp. It is rare in neonates but gets more common in children about 3 years and older. It represents with swelling, boggy lesions, pain, alopecia and purulent secretions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a case of Achenbach syndrome, which is an alarming disease for both patients and physicians, although it is a rare, benign and self-limiting disorder. It is also reported as "paroxysmal finger haematoma", but the majority of cases are misdiagnosed, and unnecessarily investigated and treated.
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