Dermatology News

Children with asthma without a history of eczema responded best to long-acting B-agonist step-up therapy, while those with asthma and eczema had different responses based on race, according to study results.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final order that reclassifies sunlamp and ultraviolet lamp products used for indoor tanning from low-risk to moderate-risk devices.

The risk for developing melanoma is significantly linked with severe sunburns before age 20 years among young white women, according to recent findings.

A 12-year-old boy presents to your office with blue lesions on the shoulder and foot. His mother notes they first appeared on his shoulder when he was aged 7 years. As he has gotten older, more lesions have appeared. They are sometimes tender.

Associations between childhood atopic dermatitis, atopic disease, warts, and extracutaneous infections suggest that barrier disruption, immune disruption, or both contribute to susceptibility to warts and extracutaneous infections in children, according to researchers.

Children who were overweight or obese had an increased chance of developing psoriasis, according to data from a recent study.

Prolonged treatment durations and antibiotics with a broad spectrum of gram-negative activity are often administered to pediatric patients hospitalized with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection, according to recent study findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Symptoms associated with atopic dermatitis appeared to persist into the second decade of children’s lives and possibly longer, making it a probable lifelong illness, according to recent study results.

A 14-year-old girl presents to your office with concern about a rash on her hands. The rash started 3 days ago and was initially tender. Physical exam shows erythematous patches over the dorsa of the hands, accentuated over the second and third MCP joints bilaterally (Figure 1). She is currently on doxycycline 100 mg twice a day and tretinoin 0.05% cream every night at bedtime for acne vulgaris. She is otherwise healthy and taking no other medications. She is a pitcher for her school’s softball team and had a tournament the weekend before presenting to your office. The tournament was in town; she denies recent travel.

The FDA’s Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee voted unanimously that there is substantial evidence that tedizolid is safe and effective for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections caused by several organisms, including MRSA.