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Infect Drug Resist 2022 12;15:2513-2521. Epub 2022 May 12.

Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Jining No. 1 People's Hospital, Jining, 272000, People's Republic of China.

Impetigo, commonly caused by bacteria, is characterized by lesions of pustules, bullae or golden yellow crusts; it is seldom caused by fungi. Here, we report one case of a 17-year-old female patient with a 1-month history of erythematous pustules on her left cheek. She was clinically diagnosed with "impetigo", but did not respond to 1 week of treatment with topical mupirocin cream (antibacterial agent). Read More

Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) 2022 May 2;12(5):1271-1279. Epub 2022 May 2.

Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 261, Huansha Road, Hangzhou, China.

Introduction: Pustular psoriasis of pregnancy (PPP), also known as impetigo herpetiformis (IH), is a rare variant of generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) in pregnancy. It typically occurs in the third trimester and is a life-threatening condition for both the pregnant mother and the fetus if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Drug-induced PPP has been reported in sporadic case reports. Read More

Front Pediatr 2022 31;10:753694. Epub 2022 Mar 31.

Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Impetigo is a common skin infection in children. The worldwide prevalence in children is estimated to be 12%, but this may be lower since high-income countries are under-represented. This research aims to evaluate the incidence, prevalence, and management of children with non-bullous impetigo (NBI) residing in Italy. Read More

BMJ Open 2022 04 6;12(4):e057296. Epub 2022 Apr 6.

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Introduction: Group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS), a Gram-positive bacterium, causes skin, mucosal and systemic infections. Repeated GAS infections can lead to autoimmune diseases acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have the highest rates of ARF and RHD in the world. Read More

Rev Med Suisse 2022 Mar;18(775):596-603

Service de dermatologie et vénéréologie, Département de médecine, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, 1211 Genève 14.

Pregnancy has a substantial impact on the hormonal status of the organism, consequently influencing the physiology of the skin. This results in dermatoses that only occur during pregnancy, which can also improve or exacerbate pre-existing dermatoses. In this article, we explain the management of pregnancy-specific dermatoses : atopic eruption of pregnancy, polymorphic eruption of pregnancy, pemphigoid gestationis, impetigo herpetiformis, and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. Read More

Cureus 2022 Feb 22;14(2):e22492. Epub 2022 Feb 22.

Parasitology, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies, Panama, PAN.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by several species of protozoa of the genus . Cutaneous leishmaniasis classically presents as an ulcer with heaped edges, but it can also appear as nodular, scabbed, or plaque-like lesions. Its diagnosis requires confirmatory laboratory tests such as a smear, culture, and polymerase chain reaction. Read More

Lancet Reg Health West Pac 2022 May 22;22:100433. Epub 2022 Mar 22.

Tropical Diseases Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.

Background: Scabies is an important predisposing factor of impetigo which can lead to serious bacterial complications. Ivermectin-based mass drug administration can substantially reduce scabies and impetigo prevalence in endemic settings, but the impact on serious bacterial complications is not known.

Methods: We conducted a before-after trial in the Northern Division of Fiji (population: 131,914) of mass drug administration for scabies control. Read More

Trop Med Infect Dis 2022 Mar 8;7(3). Epub 2022 Mar 8.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Malignant syphilis (MS) is a rare form of secondary syphilis with grotesque skin lesions, systemic manifestation and life-threatening complications. This article presents a case of MS in an immunocompetent 41-year-old female, who initially manifested with a generalized nonpruritic erythematous rash and systemic symptoms. She was mistreated for generalized impetigo and hepatitis attributed to chronic alcoholism. Read More

GMS Hyg Infect Control 2022 27;17:Doc02. Epub 2022 Jan 27.

Regensburg Department of Public Health, Regensburg, Germany.

: Global mobility is increasingly associated with the emergence of "unusual" infectious agents. At the beginning of 2019, a putative outbreak of occurred in a kindergarten in Regensburg, Germany, that was mainly attended by children with a migrant background. After thorough examination, the outbreak was classified as infection with violaceum. Read More

Indian J Dermatol 2021 Nov-Dec;66(6):704

Department of Plastic Surgery, JALMA Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Background: Skin is the largest organ of the human body, and one of the most sensitive indicators of a child's general health. Skin disorders, especially among children, may cause an additional emotional and psychological stress to the patients and their family.

Aim: We aim to compare the extent to which various skin diseases affect the quality of life among the pediatric age group (5-12 years) based on Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) scores. Read More

Infect Genet Evol 2022 06 26;100:105259. Epub 2022 Feb 26.

Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan. Electronic address:

Streptococcus pyogenes is a root cause of human infection like pharyngitis, tonsillitis, scarlet fever, impetigo, and respiratory tract infections. About 11 million individuals in the US suffer from pharyngitis every year. Unfortunately, no vaccine against S. Read More

Contact Dermatitis 2022 Mar 1. Epub 2022 Mar 1.

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Antwerp (UZA) and Research group Immunology, INFLA-MED Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

This review aims to provide a clinically useful update regarding the role of formaldehyde (FA) and its five main releasers (FRs) quaternium-15, diazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, and 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol (bronopol) in contact allergy and allergic contact dermatitis. These ubiquitous preservatives are still often present, and sometimes undeclared, in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, household detergents, and chemical (industrial) products. In Europe, the use of free FA and quaternium-15 in cosmetics is forbidden and contact allergy rates have been found to be stable to decreasing. Read More

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2022 Mar;32(3):380-382

Department of Microbiology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan.

Bullous scabies (BS) is a rare and atypical presentation of scabies, usually affecting elderly males during the seventh decade of life. BS is characterised by intense pruritic eruptions, nocturnal itch, and characteristic blisters with or without burrows in scabies-prone areas. The scabies lesions might predispose patients to bacterial super-infections, resulting in bullae formation similar to bullous impetigo. Read More

J Patient Cent Res Rev 2022 17;9(1):64-69. Epub 2022 Jan 17.

Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove, IL.

A recent disease prevalence study of the largest documented Down syndrome (DS) cohort in the United States strongly suggested significant disparity in general infectious disease conditions among individuals with DS versus those without DS. In this follow-up retrospective analysis, we explored these differences in greater detail by calculating prevalence of 52 infectious diseases, across 28 years of data among 6078 individuals with DS and 30,326 age- and sex-matched controls, abstracted from electronic medical records within a large Midwestern health system. We found that the DS cohort had higher prevalence of pneumonias (including aspiration, viral, bacterial, pneumococcal, and unspecified/atypical); otitis externa; and the skin infections impetigo, abscess, and cellulitis. Read More

Trials 2022 Feb 2;23(1):108. Epub 2022 Feb 2.

Community Paediatrics, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.

Background: Impetigo is a common and contagious bacterial skin infection, affecting children worldwide, but it is particularly prevalent in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. In New Zealand, widespread prescribing of the topical antibiotic fusidic acid had led to an increase in antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus. Alternative treatments are urgently being sought, and as impetigo is a superficial infection, it has been suggested that topical antiseptics such as hydrogen peroxide or simple wound care alone may treat impetigo while avoiding the risk of increased antimicrobial resistance. Read More

Eur J Dermatol 2021 Dec;31(6):853-855

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Clin Infect Dis 2022 Jan 28. Epub 2022 Jan 28.

Tropical Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

Background: Scabies is a neglected tropical disease of the skin that can lead to impetigo, serious secondary bacterial infections and immune-mediated diseases. Mass drug administration (MDA) has been reported in several studies to reduce the prevalence of scabies and impetigo. We aimed to assess the efficacy of MDA for scabies on scabies and impetigo. Read More

J Clin Immunol 2022 04 27;42(3):653-664. Epub 2022 Jan 27.

Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is an inborn error of immunity (IEI) characterized by various clinical manifestations such as hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent infections, and autoimmune diseases. Among different clinical manifestations, skin manifestations have been less reported in these patients.

Methods: In this study, we investigated the prevalence of dermatologic features in 387 CVID patients. Read More

Indian J Dermatol 2021 Sep-Oct;66(5):454-458

Department of Social Work, Hindusthan College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Background: The study pertaining to the prevalence of diseases plays a valuable tool in the planning and implementation of health care facilities. The prevalence of skin diseases in Andaman and Nicobar islands, which is rightly called "Little India" considering the heterogeneity of the people living here, will serve as an indispensable tool.

Methodology: The data from the outpatient records of the Dermatology Department of 2 consecutive years were collected retrospectively, the study duration being January 2017 to December 2018. Read More

IDCases 2022 10;27:e01395. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Loofah sponges have been implicated in skin and soft tissue infections due to their ability to harbor bacteria and cause microtrauma to the skin. In this case report, we describe a case of impetigo and cellulitis due to complicated by secondary spread through loofah sponge use. The same organism was cultured from the infected body sites and loofah sponge, and a comparative genomic analysis confirmed that the isolates were identical. Read More

Sports Health 2022 Jan 17:19417381211065026. Epub 2022 Jan 17.

Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.

Context: Athletes are a unique group of patients whose activities, particularly in high-contact sports such as wrestling and football, place them at high risk of developing skin conditions. The correct diagnosis of sports dermatoses requires familiarity with their clinical characteristics. It is critical that primary care physicians recognize the most common skin disorders to provide prompt treatment and prevent transmission. Read More

Pediatr Dermatol 2022 Mar 10;39(2):320-321. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Department of Infectious Disease, Xiamen Children's Hospital, Xiamen, China.

Contact dermatitis usually presents as erythematous macules, papules, and vesicles. Sometimes, unusual clinical presentations of contact dermatitis are reported, including pustular, lymphomatoid, lichenoid, and pigmented variants. We describe the first patient with bullous irritant contact dermatitis caused by perfume, mimicking impetigo lesions. Read More

Cureus 2021 Dec 6;13(12):e20212. Epub 2021 Dec 6.

Medicine, College of Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.

Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is an immune-complex mediated inflammation that used to be considered one of the commonest causes of acute nephritis amongst children. PSGN is characterized by the proliferation of cellular elements called nephritogenic M type as a result of an immunologic mechanism following an infection of the skin (impetigo) or throat (pharyngitis) caused by nephritogenic strains of group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, a gram-positive bacteria that enters the body across pores in the skin or mucus epithelia and is responsible for more than 500,000 deaths annually due to multiple subsequence diseases such as rheumatic heart disease, rheumatic fever, PSGN, and other invasive infections. After the infection, the formation of an immune complex of antigen-antibody and complement system will take place and will deposit in the glomeruli where the injury occurs and leads to inflammation. Read More

Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2021 Dec;29(3):164-166

Jing Liu, MD, Huaibei People's Hospital (The Huaibei Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University), Huaibei City, China;

A male infant was born by spontaneous delivery on February 7, 2020, with a gestational age of 40 weeks and a birth weight of 4.1 kg. After birth, the infant presented with appearance of skin loss on the bilateral lower limbs, feet, left wrist, face, and lips. Read More

J Dermatol 2022 04 27;49(4):e149-e150. Epub 2021 Dec 27.

Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.

Biomedicines 2021 Nov 23;9(12). Epub 2021 Nov 23.

Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.

Pustular psoriasis (PP) is a clinicopathological entity encompassing different variants, i.e., acute generalized PP (GPP), PP of pregnancy (impetigo herpetiformis), annular (and circinate) PP, infantile/juvenile PP, palmoplantar PP/palmoplantar pustulosis, and acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau (ACH), which have in common an eruption of superficial sterile pustules on an erythematous base. Read More

Health Promot J Austr 2021 Dec 18. Epub 2021 Dec 18.

Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia.

Issue Addressed: Skin infections such as impetigo and scabies are common in Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander children living in rural and remote settings. Effective health promotion is a key element when addressing health literacy aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease. Community-driven health promotion provides a potentially effective and sustainable model for improved health outcomes. Read More

BMC Health Serv Res 2021 Dec 11;21(1):1325. Epub 2021 Dec 11.

Ferrer Internacional, S.A., Av Diagonal 549, 5th floor, 08029, Barcelona, Spain.

Background: There are limited data in the literature on the indirect costs associated with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in the pediatric population. This study aimed to conduct a systematic review of the indirect costs associated with SSTIs in children.

Methods: The search was conducted in PubMed, SCOPUS, and Web of Science up to January 2020. Read More

Trop Med Infect Dis 2021 Nov 9;6(4). Epub 2021 Nov 9.

College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Mackay, QLD 4740, Australia.

Impetigo affects millions of children worldwide. Most guidelines recommend antibiotics as first-line treatment; however, topical antiseptics present a potentially valuable, understudied, antibiotic-sparing treatment for mild impetigo. We aimed to determine the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing efficacy of soft white paraffin (SWP), hydrogen peroxide (HO) and mupirocin for mild impetigo. Read More

Indian Pediatr 2021 Nov;58(11):1104

University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia and Habib Thameur Hospital, Research Unit 'Genodermatoses and Cancers' LR12SP03.