Dermatology
From the Journals
Lab values poor surrogate for detecting pediatric Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children
All fatalities observed in a single tertiary-site retrospective analysis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children were associated with either a...
From the Journals
Adolescents, boys, black children most likely to be hospitalized in SJS and TEN
Annual hospitalization rates in the United States for Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis were shown to be higher in...
Clinical Review
Diagnosis at a Glance: Debilitating Thigh Mass in an Obese Patient
A 60-year-old morbidly obese man presented for evaluation of a painless mass on his left...
News
First EDition: News for and about the practice of emergency medicine
Conference Coverage
Clindamycin confers no extra benefit for kids with SSSS
MINNEAPOLIS – A large single-site case review found that most pediatric patients with staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) had a classic...
Conference Coverage
Skin rash in recent traveler? Think dengue fever
Maintain clinical suspicion for dengue fever among individuals with recent travel to endemic areas who present with a rash and other signs and...
News
FDA: Olanzapine can cause serious skin reaction
News
MRSA incidence decreased in children as clindamycin resistance increased
The incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has decreased in children in recent years, but resistance to...
Conference Coverage
Resistant gonorrhea rates high in China, raise concerns in U.S.
Recent sky high ceftriaxone resistance rates documented in gonococcal isolates in China bode ill for the current first-line treatment regimen in...
Conference Coverage
Stroke risk rose in autoimmune disease patients after herpes zoster
Key clinical point: Stroke risk increased by 50% in the month after patients with autoimmune diseases had an episode of herpes zoster. Major...
Conference Coverage
Answers elusive in quest for better chlamydia treatment
The jury is out on whether azithromycin is still as effective as doxycycline.