Infectious Diseases
News from the FDA/CDC
Cluster of Eye Syphilis Cases Prompts CDC Concern
“This is the first time such a cluster has been reported in the US.”
Environmental Dermatology
What’s Eating You? Update on the Sticktight Flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea)
The sticktight flea serves as a vector for plague as a carrier of Yersinia pestis, rickettsial infections, and other diseases.
News from the FDA/CDC
Global measles deaths increased by 43% in 2022
The report also notes an increase in the number of countries experiencing significant measles outbreaks. There were 37 such countries in 2022,...
Case Letter
Neutrophilic Dermatosis of the Dorsal Hand: A Distinctive Variant of Sweet Syndrome
Neutrophilic dermatosis of the dorsal hand is a reactive neutrophilic dermatosis that includes Sweet syndrome and pyoderma gangrenosum.
News from the FDA/CDC
New at-home test approved for chlamydia and gonorrhea
“This authorization marks an important public health milestone, giving patients more information about their health from the privacy of their own...
Photo Challenge
Pustular Eruption on the Face
A 52-year-old man developed a sudden eruption of small pustules on background erythema and edema covering the forehead, nasal bridge, periorbital...
Conference Coverage
AI chatbot ‘hallucinates’ faulty medical intelligence
AI models are typically a year out of date and have this “charming problem of hallucinating made-up data and saying it with all the certainty of...
Environmental Dermatology
What’s Eating You? Phlebotomine Sandflies and Leishmania Parasites
The Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia genera of sandflies are vectors of Leishmania parasites, which can result in an array of...
Case Letter
Iododerma Simulating Cryptococcal Infection
Halogenodermas are rare cutaneous reactions to excess exposure to or ingestion of halogen-containing drugs or substances such as bromine, iodine (...
Photo Challenge
Nonhealing Ulcer in a Patient With Crohn Disease
A 24-year-old man presented to our dermatology clinic with a painful lesion on the right buccal cheek of 4 months’ duration that had not changed...
From the Journals
More evidence shows COVID-19’s link to risk for autoimmune disease
Patients with more severe COVID-19 that required hospitalization in the ICU were more likely to develop vasculitis, alopecia totalis, and several...