Lawrence Charles Parish

..This group received either doxycycline hyclate 20 mg bid or placebo. The six subjects receiving doxycycline hyclate 20 mg bid maintained their improvement, while the placebo group did not...

..Anti-thrombotic agents should be considered. Occlusive dressings can be used for existing ulcers, while traditional treatments are less appropriate. Pressure and other stresses theoretically should be relieved...

..A regimen including an adhesive gelling foam dressing proved to be safe and effective for managing exudate, protecting the surrounding skin, minimising pain and supporting healing of pressure ulcers with exudate...

..As a 1% ointment, retapamulin has been approved in the United States for the treatment of impetigo and in Europe for the shortterm treatment of impetigo and infected small lacerations, abrasions and sutured wounds...

..With the increase in urban populations, the opportunity for medical specialization and, in particular, dermatology, appeared and would be accepted...

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..Naftifine 1% cream (NAFT-1) treatment for four weeks and vehicle were also evaluated as a positive control...

..9% for retapamulin and 89.7% for cephalexin. CONCLUSIONS: Retapamulin ointment 1% (bid) for 5 days was as effective as oral cephalexin (bid) for 10 days in treatment of patients with SID, and was well tolerated...

..Herbal medicines may be misidentified and contaminated with a variety of substances. The following review identifies and categorizes therapies according to their common uses with their adverse reactions...

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..Duhring was also scholar and prolific writer, which helped establish his international reputation...

..S. The objective of this randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a two-week course of once-daily NAFT-2% vs. vehicle in the treatment of Tinea cruris ("jock itch")...

..Complementary medicine is anecdotally-based medicine, not supported by scientific fact. Furthermore in many instances the safety of its agents has not been ascertained...

..The differential diagnosis of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis depends on the percentage of epidermal detachment...

..Cosmetic dermatology should be an established part of the practice of dermatology. No ifs, ands, or buts. Patients want to look their best, and they have every right to achieve this goal...

..These range from global assessments to lesion counting, with the latter providing more objective data...

..Although decubitus ulcers should be prevented and treated to the best of our abilities, recognizing the possibility that the skin, like any other organ in the body, may fail is crucial...

..There is no way of eradicating the virus of the common cold, nor is there an appropriate treatment. The decubitus ulcer should be conceived of in a similar vein, until understanding is more complete and specific treatments are available...

..The forms of bodily harm can take any number of ways, some of which might even defy the imagination of any civilized people. We need only to recall the Holocaust and the decimations of thousands in Africa in more recent times...