DERMATOPHYTOSES
DERMATOPHYTOSES Dermatophytes are classified in many ways by mycologists and physicians. One of the simplest classification systems is bas...Read More
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CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS
CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS Cutaneous larva migrans is a tropically acquired skin disease caused by the aimless wandering of a nematode larva....Read More
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans or, less frequently, by Cryptococcus ...Read More
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS Coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, is endemic in the southwestern United States. Patients who breathe in spores (arth...Read More
BLASTOMYCOSIS
BLASTOMYCOSIS Blastomycosis is a fungal infection that is found pre- dominantly in North America. This disease is also known as North Amer...Read More
ACTINOMYCOSIS
ACTINOMYCOSIS Many species of the bacterial genus Actinomyces are able to cause disease in humans. The infection tends to run a chronic co...Read More
PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS
PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS Pemphigus vulgaris is the prototypical acantholytic autoimmune blistering disease. It is one of the most serious of all...Read More
PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS
PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS Pemphigus foliaceus is a chronic autoimmune blistering disease. Pemphigus foliaceus can be seen in an isolated form or...Read More
PARANEOPLASTIC PEMPHIGUS
PARANEOPLASTIC PEMPHIGUS Paraneoplastic pemphigus was not described until the early 1990s. It is a rare subset of the pemphigus family of ...Read More
LINEAR IMMUNOGLOBULIN A BULLOUS DERMATOSIS
LINEAR IMMUNOGLOBULIN A BULLOUS DERMATOSIS Linear immunoglobulin A (IgA) bullous dermatosis is an infrequently encountered autoimmune bli...Read More
EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA
EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is a rare chronic autoimmune blistering disease that is caused by a...Read More
DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS
DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS Dermatitis herpetiformis is a unique chronic blistering disease that can be seen in isolation or in conjunction w...Read More
MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID
MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID Mucous membrane pemphigoid goes by other names, including cicatricial pemphigoid, Brunsting-Perry pemphigoid, o...Read More
BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID
BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID Bullous pemphigoid is the most frequently encountered of all the autoimmune blistering diseases. It has a characteristi...Read More
BASEMENT MEMBRANE ZONE, HEMIDESMOSOME, AND DESMOSOME
BASEMENT MEMBRANE ZONE, HEMIDESMOSOME, AND DESMOSOME BASEMENT MEMBRANE ZONE The basement membrane zone (BMZ) of the epidermis is a bea...Read More
STASIS DERMATITIS
STASIS DERMATITIS Stasis dermatitis is a common chronic dermatosis that is seen almost exclusively on the lower extremities. The inflammat...Read More
SKIN MANIFESTATIONS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
SKIN MANIFESTATIONS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are two common autoimmune gastrointestinal disor...Read More
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