Dermatology News

A boy, gestational aged 34 weeks and 4 days, was born at an outlying hospital and transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit for evaluation of extensive skin lesions noted at delivery. The lesions were described as numerous blisters, large bullae and extensive areas of scarred skin on the trunk, anterior chest, back and extremities. Several lesions were hemorrhagic and weeping in appearance.

You are seeing newborn infants in the nursery today.

This 7-year-old had eyelid dermatitis intermittently for several months.

An otherwise healthy 3-year-old girl presented with a nine-week history of pruritus and alopecia on a preexisting congenital melanocytic nevus on scalp. Her parents did not recall any external contact agent, and she was not taking any medication. Her past medical record was unremarkable.

A 15-year-old boy presented to the clinic with an abrupt onset of round-to-oval papules and plaques with overlying silvery scale, symmetrically distributed along his back and elbows for one week. He complained only of mild pruritus.

Emergency department physicians are seeing more visits for skin infections since the occurence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to recently published data.

This 5-year-old girl presented with a fever, pain and swelling and pain of her knees. Her younger brother had a “cold” last week. She attends preschool. The family has no pets.

A 4-month-old infant presented with an increasing number of asymptomatic red-brown “spots,” according to her mother. These began to appear at 3 months.

A 15-year-old Hispanic female presented to the clinic with a ‘bump’ on her nose that had been draining pus for three days.

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections are being seen with increasing frequency among previously healthy infants aged younger than 30 days, according to a recent study.