Archana Singal

..5-year-old boy at the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination site within 6 months, which was diagnosed using histology and polymerase chain reaction. The lesion resolved with isoniazid and rifampicin therapy...

..Butenafine hydrochloride, a benzylamine derivative, exhibits potent fungicidal activity particularly against dermatophytes, aspergilli, dimorphic and dematiaceous fungi...

..To combat the poor response, newer strategies such as combination, sequential, and supplementary therapies have been suggested. In the end, treatment of special populations such as diabetic, elderly, and children is outlined...

..Cutaneous TB in children is treated as per the recommendations of therapy for extrapulmonary TB...

..To assess the profile and describe the clinical presentations, clinico-histopathological profile, complications and treatment compliance of childhood leprosy at a tertiary care hospital in north-east district of Delhi during 2000-2009...

..Lichen scrofulosorum is considered a rare form of cutaneous tuberculosis. Current information is based on case reports and case series with a small number of patients...

..The lesions resolved completely following multi-bacilliary multi-drug therapy for 12 months, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroids...

..CASE REPORT: We describe a case of LEp affecting unusual sites: the parotid gland, eyelid, and scalp. Subsequently, the patient progressed to antinuclear antibody-negative systemic LE...

..As antifungal susceptibility is known to be variable for Exophiala spinifera, in vitro sensitivity testing is recommended before medical treatment. This article reviews, in brief, all cases documented so far in the English literature...

..quot; In females, such a localized genital tuberculid has not been documented till date. We report an 11-year-old girl with lichen scrofulosorum confined to the vulva, associated with cervical and inguinal tubercular lymphandenitis...

..Therefore, this study was undertaken to compare mycobacterial isolation on conventional L-J medium vs. the BACTEC system, and to determine the prevalence of multidrug resistance in cutaneous tuberculosis...

..The present illustration emphasizes the importance of a punctilious work up of the case...

..To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second case report of this manifestation in leprosy to be documented...

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..5% vs 2.9%) as well as higher mycological cure (61.7% vs 17.6%). However, this difference was not statistically significant at 4 and 8 weeks of treatment...

..Studies to establish a clinicohistopathological concordance (and its determinants), in psoriasis and psoriasiform dermatitis are lacking...

..The presentation of polymorphic skin lesions with involvement of multiple extra-cutaneous systems is uncommon in a single patient...

..05). No severe adverse events were reported. Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment is an effective alternative to topical steroid and may be considered as a first-line therapy in OLP...

..To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of plastic ear-ring stopper induced CL...

..Excellent cosmetic and functional results were achieved with multiple intralesional steroid injections. Various treatment modalities advocated for lymphangioma of the tongue are discussed...

..We report two children with disseminated herpes zoster, one of whom was immunocompromised secondary to severe mal-nutrition and had associated orbital septal cellulitis...

..Thorough endocrinological evaluation and appropriate intervention in patients of ichthyosis with short stature may reduce the morbidity associated with retarded skeletal growth and gonadal maturation...

..Moderate to severe malnutrition can cause immunosuppression and predispose children to various infections. We report disseminated tuberculosis in a severely malnourished Indian child who presented primarily with cutaneous involvement...

..He developed type reaction, 3 months following initiation of multibacillary multidrug therapy (MB-MDT) and responded favourably to systemic corticosteroids...

..Cutaneous mosaicism has always been an intriguing subject. A 15-year-old boy presented to us with a unilateral band of lesions of pityriasis rosea and lichen striatus. The case is discussed in the light of the concept of genetic mosaicism...

..A high index of suspicion in patients with MC lesions may result in early diagnosis, management and prevention of complications of BD. We suggest colchicine as an effective and safe therapeutic option for MC and joint involvement...

..Dermatology is a minor subject in undergraduate medical curriculum in India. The dermatology clinical postings are generally poorly attended, and the clinical acumen of an average medical graduate in this specialty is quite low...

..001) in the study group. As the ocular changes were not found to correlate with the age, severity or extent of the disease, an initial ophthalmological screening of all patients is suggested...

..This lays stress on the early recognition of lumbar paraspinal skin lesions and early treatment to avoid irreversible sequelae...

..In addition, the concurrent association between metabolic syndrome, dyslipidaemia and dyslipoproteinaemia was also assessed...

..To study and compare dermatological manifestations in patients with various stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD), undialysed and dialysed, in a developing country...

..The article also presents a brief review of the literature...

..To study the prevalence, manifestations and severity of ocular involvement in Indian patients with Behcet's disease...