Dermatology : international journal for clinical and investigative dermatology
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Dermatology (Basel) · Jan 1997
Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection by meatal disinfection.
The incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs) becomes higher with prolongation of the indwelling period of a catheter. As to the entry of bacteria, ascending UTIs have now attracted attention. In the present study. the metal area was examined bacteriologically and the possibility to use antiseptics for blocking the route of developing infections was investigated. ⋯ It was found that reduction in bacterial count by antisepsis is effective to prevent ascending UTIs. Moreover, once daily application of povidone-iodine was proven to be effective in male patients. The effective antisepsis in females was twice daily application of povidone-iodine.
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Dermatology (Basel) · Jan 1996
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDouble-blind crossover study of high-dose cetirizine in cholinergic urticaria.
Cholinergic urticaria does not respond well to treatment with conventional antihistamines and is difficult to study because of its highly variable clinical expression which depends on the presence of eliciting factors. ⋯ These data show a high efficacy of cetirizine at twice its normally recommended dose which may be related to the specific antiallergic effects of this newer-generation antihistamine.
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Dermatology (Basel) · Jan 1996
Review Case ReportsLivedo-like dermatitis (Nicolau's syndrome): a review of three cases.
We report 3 patients with typical features of livedo-like dermatitis. Emergency vasoactive therapy was administered to 2 of these patients, in whom the lesions healed completely. Although spontaneous resolution cannot be ruled out, we think that early recognition of this entity leading to rapid vasoactive treatment may limit the extent of thrombotic complications and the resulting tissue necrosis.
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Dermatology (Basel) · Jan 1996
Review Case ReportsPrurigo pigmentosa, ketonemia and diabetes mellitus.
The etiology of prurigo pigmentosa still remains unknown. We present a 16-year-old female patient with ketonemia caused by diabetes mellitus. The eruption subsided when blood glucose and total ketone levels were controlled by subcutaneous insulin injection. We propose that ketonemia caused by diabetes mellitus may play a role in the pathogenesis of prurigo pigmentosa.