Infectious Diseases
Original Research
Molluscum Contagiosum: The Need for Physician Intervention and New Treatment Options
Molluscum contagiosum is an infection caused by a poxvirus that gives rise to small, benign, white, pink, or flesh-colored, umbilicated, raised...
Article
Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Coniothyrium
A 49-year-old immunosuppressed heart transplant recipient developed a superficial and subcutaneous granulomatous infection caused by Coniothyrium...
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Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Disseminated herpes or vaccinia in the setting of underlying skin diseases is known as Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE). Patients typically...
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Necrotizing Fasciitis and Cardiac Catheterization
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an uncommon, life-threatening soft tissue infection characterized by rapidly spreading inflammation and necrosis of...
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Cutaneous Sarcoidosis Presenting as Leonine Facies
Cutaneous sarcoidosis often masquerades as many other disease entities. We describe the case of a 56-year-old African American man with a 1-year...
Original Research
Managing Simple Chronic Paronychia and Onycholysis With Ciclopirox 0.77% and an Irritant-Avoidance Regimen
Dermatologists and other physicians frequently encounter simple chronic paronychia and onycholysis. In addition to strict avoidance of contact...
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Cutaneous Histoplasmosis in Patients With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Since 1987, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has considered disseminated histoplasmosis an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (...
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Four Cases of Dermatomycosis: Superficial Cutaneous Infection by Alternaria or Bipolaris
Invasive dermal infections in immunosuppressed patients by a wide variety of opportunistic fungi are well described in the literature; however,...
Photo Challenge
What Is Your Diagnosis? Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Due to Hepatitis C Infection
A 41-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of tender vesicles on her legs. She recently was diagnosed with hepatitis C, and laboratory...
Commentary
Problem Pets [editorial]
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Widespread Cutaneous Involvement by Invasive Apophysomyces elegans in a Gravid Patient Following Trauma
Invasive infections in humans with organisms from the fungal subclass Zygomycetes are most commonly seen in immunocompromised and diabetic...