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Dermatol Ther (Heidelb)
January 2025
Medical Direction Pharmaceutical Care and Medical Dermatology, Pierre Fabre Dermatologie, Les Cauquillous, 81500, Lavaur, France.
Introduction: Topical 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), 5% or 4% cream, is recommended among first-line treatments for actinic keratosis (AK). Local skin reactions (LSRs) are an expected and transient response to treatment with 5-FU but can lead to treatment discontinuation when severe. This analysis aimed to investigate whether the severity of LSRs during the treatment was associated with lesion clearance assessed 4 weeks after completing treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeonatal epididymo-orchitis (EO) is a rare condition, particularly when caused by S, a pathogen typically associated with gastroenteritis. We present the case of a 15-day-old male who developed right-sided scrotal swelling and erythema. Scrotal ultrasound confirmed EO without signs of torsion or abscess.
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September 2024
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) ulcers exhibiting an inflammatory phenotype, characterized by purulent exudate, erythema, pain, and/or lymphatic involvement, are empirically treated with antibiotics.
Objective: The spectrum of bacteria present in localized versus inflammatory phenotypes of CL is elucidated herein.
Methods: Filter paper lesion impressions (FPLIs) from 39 patients with CL (19 inflammatory and 20 noninflammatory ulcers) were evaluated via real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and end-point PCR targeting: , , , spp.
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
December 2023
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
VEXAS syndrome is a recently identified autoinflammatory systemic disease caused by an acquired somatic mutation of the X-linked UBA1 gene, the key enzyme of the first step of ubiquitylation. The acronym VEXAS stands for the characteristics Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory and somatic. The disease occurs in advanced adulthood preferentially in men and is characterized by hematological, rheumatological and dermatological symptoms.
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