Dermatology News

SAN DIEGO — Complaints of upper respiratory, gastrointestinal and skin disease symptoms accounted for the majority of clinical visits by United States military personnel during their response to the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, according to researchers.

The investigational drug candidate iclaprim was well-tolerated in patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections and achieved noninferiority compared with vancomycin, according to topline results from the phase 3 REVIVE-2 study announced October 4.

The use of guideline-recommended antibiotics, such as trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and clindamycin, during incision and drainage of minor Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections prevented bacterial colonization and reduced the risk of recurrent infections.

One patient in a large cohort of individuals with autoimmune blistering diseases developed pneumocystis pneumonia, suggesting that routine prophylaxis of this condition may not be warranted in this patient population, according to recent findings.

Storm victims in Texas are at an increased risk for infection in the wake of catastrophic flooding caused by Harvey, which may bring them into contact with pathogens capable of causing disease, including some that may be unusual to physicians.

Administration of the shingles vaccine prior to biologic therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis was safe and efficacious, according to a results of a phase 2 trial.

Voriconazole was associated with a statistically significant increase in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma risk in a cohort of individuals who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Patients with reduced kidney function had an increased risk for developing community-acquired infections — including respiratory, urinary tract and skin infections — according to a recent study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

MRSA isolates were once primarily found only in hospitals and other health care settings in the United States. However, over the course of 20 years, there had been a significant increase in the number of MRSA infections reported in the community setting among people who had little or no exposure to the health care system.

Enanthemas were commonly reported among patients with non-classic forms of pityriasis rosea, including persistent and pediatric forms of the disease.