MRSA in dermatology inpatients with a vesiculobullous disorder.

Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) has emerged worldwide as a major nosocomial pathogen that causes notable morbidity and mortality, especially in vesiculobullous disorders. To study the prevalence of MRSA among patients with autoimmune bullous and drug-induced vesiculobullous disorders and elucidate its predisposing factors and associated mortality, we conducted a prospective, descriptive, 1-year study of all vesiculobullous patients admitted to a tertiary-care center. The prevalence of MRSA in this study was high (32.

A 19-Year Retrospective Study of Adverse Drug Reactions to Multidrug Therapy in Leprosy Requiring a Change in Regime.

Background And Aims: Multidrug therapy (MDT) in leprosy has brought the prevalence of leprosy to elimination levels. However, these drugs are not without toxicity. The primary aim of this study was to find the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADR) to MDT and the secondary aim to study the clinical features of these drug reactions.

Leprosy in Families: Clinicoepidemiological Profile from a Tertiary Care Centre.

Objectives: The primary objective of this retrospective study was to determine the prevalence of leprosy in families, and the secondary objective was to study the clinicoepidemiological features of leprosy in families.

Results: There were a total of 901 cases of leprosy who attended our leprosy centre during this 18 year period. There were 49 cases of leprosy in this group whose family members also had documented leprosy ( = 49).

Disseminate and recurrent infundibulo-folliculitis in an Indian patient: A case report with review of literature.

A 17-year-old male patient presented with multiple discrete and confluent monomorphic skin-colored pinhead-sized follicular papules, with occasional pustules distributed on the neck, upper chest, upper posterior trunk, and proximal extremities of 4 months duration. The lesions were asymptomatic, and there was no prior history of topical application or history of atopic dermatitis. Routine investigations were normal.

Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia Presenting Predominantly with Cutaneous Manifestations.

A 37-year-old male presented with severe oral and genital mucosal ulcers, lichenoid eruption and twenty-nail dystrophy. Systemic examination was normal, except for anemia. On investigations, he was found to have persistently elevated peripheral eosinophilia, absolute eosinophil count >5000/mm(3), bone marrow showing increased eosinophilic precursors, and infiltration by atypical cells.

A clinical and histopathological study of histoid leprosy.

Background: Histoid leprosy (HL) is a rare variant of lepromatous leprosy presenting with well-defined smooth shiny papules and nodules. This can mimic many other dermatoses and can be missed clinically.

Methods: This is a retrospective 10-year study.