Acta dermato-venereologica. Supplementum
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Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) · Jan 1996
ReviewGenital viral infections. Studies on human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus.
The concept 'sexually transmitted diseases' (STD) was introduced in the nineteen sixties and comprises many diseases of varying importance from scabies to HIV infection. The STD family has grown wider and new members will probably join. The starting point of these studies was that patients with HPV infection, attending the STD clinic, appeared to increase in number in the late eighties. ⋯ The oncogenic potential of EBV underlines the importance of further studies. Koilocytosis as a pathognomonic sign of HPV infection has to be reconsidered. Finally, psychological aspects have to be kept in mind in the treatment of patients with HPV infection.
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Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) · Jan 1985
ReviewHand eczema and long-term prognosis in atopic dermatitis.
A follow-up study of 1177 adult patients who had had atopic dermatitis (AD) (Groups 1 and 2) or respiratory allergy (Group 3) in childhood is reported. Patients who had had AD in childhood had received in-patient (Group 1) or out-patient treatment (Group 2) for their dermatitis. 183 patients in Group 1 and 162 in Group 2 were examined clinically. Further, 445 patients who had recently been treated for hand eczema at a department for occupational dermatoses were studied (Group 5). ⋯ Occurrence of contact sensitivity, which was demonstrable in a total of 20% of the patch tested individuals from Groups 1 and 2, was not correlated to prevalence of healing at the time of examination. Fragrance-mix and balsam of Peru were the commonest contact sensitizers. People with a history of AD showed a higher incidence of recurrent (greater than 5 episodes per year) cold sores, upper respiratory infection, and herpes zoster than non-atopic controls.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)