Dermatology News

Three “hot topics” in pediatric dermatology have received significant attention in the past year. These include: 1) advanced knowledge regarding optimal skin care practices for infants; 2) the utilization of probiotics, wet wrap therapy and skin infections in atopic patients; and 3) the beneficial effects of topical and systemic beta-blocker therapy for infantile hemangiomas. 

Parents with high levels of knowledge about sun exposure risks were more likely than parents with low levels of knowledge to protect their children adequately, but only on the beach, according to recent survey results.

Parents with high levels of knowledge about sun exposure risks were more likely than parents with low levels of knowledge to protect their children adequately, but only on the beach, according to recent survey results.

The disease course for pediatric erythromelalgia is variable, and a safe and reliable treatment course has yet to be defined, researchers reported in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Nearly 90% of a cohort of children with atopic dermatitis was colonized with Staphylococcus aureus, and a high proportion of those children had mupirocin-resistant disease, according to findings presented in a poster at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Using dermoscopy to detect factors such as comma hairs, black dots and broken hairs with multiple white bands may be helpful in diagnosing pediatric patients with tinea capitis, according to researchers.

The benefits of sport participation have been shown time and again, but pediatricians should remain aware of certain dermatological conditions that have been shown to spread rapidly in student-athlete populations, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting in San Diego.

The disease course for pediatric erythromelalgia is variable, and a safe and reliable treatment course has yet to be defined, researchers reported in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Using dermoscopy to detect factors such as comma hairs, black dots and broken hairs with multiple white bands may be helpful in diagnosing pediatric patients with tinea capitis, according to researchers.

Medical students rotating in a busy primary care pediatric clinic are often surprised by the volume of dermatology cases treated in this setting. Similarly, many young pediatricians just entering practice find themselves at a disadvantage when confronted by myriad skin conditions that do not necessarily present to the dermatologist first.