Impetigo herpetiformis and Staphylococcus aureus lymphadenitis in a pregnant adolescent.

We report a 15-year-old primagravida female with a history of chronic plaque psoriasis who developed impetigo herpetiformis at 28 weeks gestation. Culture of a needle aspirate from a tender, enlarged cervical lymph node grew Staphylococcus aureus. The patient improved rapidly on wet dressings, topical midpotency corticosteroids, and intravenous nafcillin.

Contact dermatitis to multiple exotic woods.

Occupational contact dermatitis to individual wood species from foreign countries, such as Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America, has been described. This report concerns the case of a domestic woodworker who developed allergic contact dermatitis shortly after beginning to work with multiple exotic woods. Patch testing with domestic and exotic wood fresh sawdust samples, 1% and 10% in petrolatum, yielded strong positive reactions to six exotic woods: zericote, pao ferro, cocobolo, becote, macassar ebony, and padauk.

Diet and dermatology. The role of dietary manipulation in the prevention and treatment of cutaneous disorders.

The role of dietary manipulation and vitamins in the prevention and treatment of certain skin diseases is reviewed. Manipulation of nutrition by either diet restriction or supplementation can effect cutaneous disorders such as skin cancer, wound healing, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and dermatitis herpetiformis.