Volume 11 - Issue 5 - May 2003
Feature
Case Report and Brief Review
09/04/2008
Patient Presentation
This 48-year-old dairy farmer presented with a 3-month history of boggy, suppurative papules and nodules with crusts on his right cheek. He had been using over-the-counter topical antibiotics, antifungals and topical...
Patient Presentation
This 48-year-old dairy farmer presented with a 3-month history of boggy, suppurative papules and nodules with crusts on his right cheek. He had been using over-the-counter topical antibiotics, antifungals and topical...
Patient Presentation
This...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
I magine evaluating a patient in your office for alopecia who is taking eight medications and you are unsure which, if any, of these medications might be causing the hair loss. Or, imagine you’re performing a hospital consultation and that...
I magine evaluating a patient in your office for alopecia who is taking eight medications and you are unsure which, if any, of these medications might be causing the hair loss. Or, imagine you’re performing a hospital consultation and that...
I magine evaluating a patient in...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
W e’ve seen an alarming increase in the incidence of Gram-positive infections, including resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and drug-resistant Pneumococci in our elderly patients. While vancomycin...
W e’ve seen an alarming increase in the incidence of Gram-positive infections, including resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and drug-resistant Pneumococci in our elderly patients. While vancomycin...
W e’ve seen an alarming increase...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
F ungal infections of the nail are increasing in frequency, particularly in the older population. Infections may present in a variety of ways, and may mimic many other nail abnormalities. Proper diagnosis is essential for effective treatment...
F ungal infections of the nail are increasing in frequency, particularly in the older population. Infections may present in a variety of ways, and may mimic many other nail abnormalities. Proper diagnosis is essential for effective treatment...
F ungal infections of the nail...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
P hotorejuvenation using intense pulsed light (IPL) is now the gold standard of non-ablative skin treatments, particularly for what has become known as type A photorejuvenation changes. These include vascular and pigmentary changes associated...
P hotorejuvenation using intense pulsed light (IPL) is now the gold standard of non-ablative skin treatments, particularly for what has become known as type A photorejuvenation changes. These include vascular and pigmentary changes associated...
P hotorejuvenation using intense...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
E ach year, you and your colleagues will diagnose more than 150,000 patients with new cases of psoriasis — 20,000 of these patients will be children, according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). For the more than 7 million...
E ach year, you and your colleagues will diagnose more than 150,000 patients with new cases of psoriasis — 20,000 of these patients will be children, according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). For the more than 7 million...
E ach year, you and your...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Column
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
W hile most of us can only imagine the daily uncertainties and hardships associated with the worldwide severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, our Clinical Editor Neil Shear, M.D., who’s based in Toronto and practices in a...
W hile most of us can only imagine the daily uncertainties and hardships associated with the worldwide severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, our Clinical Editor Neil Shear, M.D., who’s based in Toronto and practices in a...
W hile most of us can only...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
Free CME Made Easy I am pleased to inform you of a new offering available from Skin & Aging. Recently, we launched our International Symposium on Aging Skin virtual CME lecture series. Unlike many of the other meetings that you must...
Free CME Made Easy I am pleased to inform you of a new offering available from Skin & Aging. Recently, we launched our International Symposium on Aging Skin virtual CME lecture series. Unlike many of the other meetings that you must...
Free CME Made Easy I am pleased...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Department
Letters to the Editor
09/04/2008
W e’re writing to offer a simpler name that we use to describe the closure illustrated by Dr. Lance Brown’s "Surgical Challenge" column, which debuted in your February 2003 issue.
Although the repair is accurately described as...
W e’re writing to offer a simpler name that we use to describe the closure illustrated by Dr. Lance Brown’s "Surgical Challenge" column, which debuted in your February 2003 issue.
Although the repair is accurately described as...
W e’re writing to offer a...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Ethnic Skin and Hair
09/04/2008
F irst reported in 1908, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) is a common inflammatory condition caused by ingrown hairs in the beard area of African-American and Hispanic men who have tightly coiled hair. Fox first noted the condition, and it...
F irst reported in 1908, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) is a common inflammatory condition caused by ingrown hairs in the beard area of African-American and Hispanic men who have tightly coiled hair. Fox first noted the condition, and it...
F irst reported in 1908,...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
