BACKGROUND
Mycobacterium marinum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium responsible for skin infections. Although cases have been seldom reported, no series of M marinum infection has been recently… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To identify the prognostic factors of bullous pemphigoid (BP).
DESIGN
Prospective study of patients with BP included in a randomized, controlled trial.
SETTING
Twenty dermatology… (More)
Scabies and pediculosis are ubiquitous, contagious, and debilitating parasitic dermatoses. They have been known since antiquity and are distributed worldwide. Clusters of infestation occur-for… (More)
Patch testing may help to assess the culpability of a drug in an adverse reaction. Our aim was to study patch testing in severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (ADRs) (Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic… (More)
BACKGROUND
Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is an autoimmune blistering disease characterized by the production of autoantibodies mainly directed against proteins of the plakin family. An overlapping… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To assess risk factors for erysipelas of the leg (cellulitis).
DESIGN
Case-control study.
SETTING
7 hospital centres in France.
SUBJECTS
167 patients admitted to hospital for… (More)
Bedbugs are brown and flat hematophagous insects. The 2 cosmopolite species, Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus, feed on humans and/or domestic animals, and recent outbreaks have been reported in… (More)
Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) includes inflammatory and/or fibrosing manifestations that may arise at various times after transplantation of any organ containing lymphoid cells. For the… (More)
BACKGROUND
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a severe cutaneous adverse reaction characterized by rash with sterile pustules, high fever and elevated circulating neutrophil counts.… (More)