Dermatology News

To mark our 30th anniversary, Infectious Diseases in Children will be examining some of the infectious diseases that have defined and changed the field over the past 3 decades.

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

The number of children sent to the ED for skin and soft-tissue infections almost tripled from 1997 to 2005, suggesting a greater need for education in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cellulitis.

Psoriasis, a condition that is uniquely characterized by its chronicity, inflammation and hyperproliferation, oftentimes appears in childhood. According to a study published in the Indian Journal of Dermatology, up to 40% of adults with the condition first observed symptoms in childhood. Many noticed symptoms before the age of 16 years.

A 13-year-old boy presented with a 10-day history of a rash that started on his left arm after receiving his influenza vaccine. Following vaccination, the patient noted small red bumps around the injection site, leading to his presentation at an urgent care facility. He was treated empirically for an allergic reaction with a 1-week course of oral prednisone.

An 8-year-old female with a significant past medical history of moderate persistent asthma and primary ciliary dyskinesia was seen in her primary clinic following several days of fever, cough, headache and emesis. At that visit, her posterior pharynx was noted to be mildly erythematous; however, she reported no significant pain, and a rapid streptococcal screen was negative. Her respiratory virus panel was positive for adenovirus.

Outpatient dermatology consultation changed the diagnosis and the management of disease in children with cancer, affecting their care, according to recently published study results in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

More than a quarter of pediatric patients with Henoch-Schönlein syndrome experienced linear skin lesions, according to recently published study results in JAMA Dermatology.

Patients with pediatric psoriasis did not display a significantly increased overall cancer risk when compared with pediatric patients without psoriasis, according to recently published study results in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Researchers found clinical features in early adolescence that were associated with mole-prone phenotype in later adolescence, which may help identify individuals at risk for melanoma, according to recently published study results in JAMA Dermatology.