Digital skin images submitted by patients: an evaluation of feasibility in store-and-forward teledermatology.

This evaluation investigates the quality of digital skin images submitted by patients, and evaluates the feasibility of making a diagnosis and suggesting therapeutic intervention without direct physical examination. A broad sample of patients who called the Swiss Centre for Telemedicine for a skin problem, were invited to receive an oral and an electronic tutorial and to submit digital images of the lesion. All patients (N = 46) who submitted digital images of their skin problems during a two week period were included in the evaluation.

Sensitization to the yeast Malassezia sympodialis is specific for extrinsic and intrinsic atopic eczema.

The opportunistic yeast Malassezia sympodialis belongs to the normal cutaneous flora but can also cause IgE-mediated sensitization in patients suffering from atopic eczema (AE). We investigated 706 individuals by ImmunoCAPm70 and skin-prick tests with a crude M. sympodialis extract.