Infectious Diseases
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Pemphigus, Bullous Pemphigoid Risk Increased After COVID-19 Infection
"This potential dual benefit of vaccination should be a key message in public health campaigns and clinical practice," the study authors wrote.
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Skin Fungal Infections Increasing in the United States
The analysis included over 13 billion ambulatory visits to nonfederally funded community, office-based physician practices, and emergency or...
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Lichenoid Drug Eruption Secondary to Apalutamide Treatment
To the Editor:
Lichenoid drug eruptions are lichen planus–like hypersensitivity reactions induced by medications. These reactions are rare...
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Increase in Troublesome Fungal Infections Requires All-Out Approach
“Trichophyton indotineae is changing the way we talk about dermatophyte infections,” said Avrom S. Caplan, MD, a dermatologist at New...
Case Letter
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection of Pharyngeal Origin: Test All Anatomic Sites
To the Editor:
Gonococcal infections, which are caused by the sexually transmitted, gram-negative diplococcus Neisseria gonorrhoeae,...
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Identifying Drug-Induced Rashes in Skin of Color: Heightened Awareness Can Accelerate Diagnosis
In patients with DIHS and many of the even more serious types of rashes traced to drug exposures, the delay to appearance of the rash from the...
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Nonscaly Red-Brown Macules on the Feet and Ankles
A 59-year-old man presented with a nontender nonpruritic rash on the feet of 2 days’ duration. The patient had a several-year history of...
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Imaging Tool Helps Identify Features of Nail Disorders
Researchers performed nailfold capillaroscopy imaging and compared capillary features between patients with nail conditions and controls.
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Multiple Draining Sinus Tracts on the Thigh
A 40-year-old woman presented with multiple draining sinus tracts on the right thigh following an injury sustained weeks earlier while mowing wet...
Dermpath Diagnosis
Acute Tender Papules on the Arms and Legs
A 66-year-old man presented with new tender erythematous papules scattered over the arms and legs. A biopsy of a lesion on the left thigh was...
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PrEP Prescription Pickups Vary With Prescriber Specialty
Patients were less likely to ignore HIV prevention medications when prescribed by a primary care clinician than by other non–infectious disease...