Cosmetic Dermatology
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Cosmetic Dermatology
Prevention of Cross-Contamination When Using Microdermabrasion Equipment
This article addresses the concern of cross-contamination with the use of microdermabrasion equipment. After performing microdermabrasion on a...
Environmental Dermatology
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Environmental Dermatology
What’s Eating You? Human Dirofilaria Infections
What’s Eating You? Human Dirofilaria Infections
Drug Therapy
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Drug Therapy
New and Emerging Topical Approaches for Actinic Keratoses
Actinic keratoses (AKs) are intraepidermal foci of malignancy and represent the earliest clinical stage in the continuum of squamous cell...
Skin of Color
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Skin of Color
Hair Care Practices in African American Women
Hair care in African American women is wrought with historical and cultural issues. Dermatologists need to improve their understanding of hair and...
Photo Challenge
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Photo Challenge
What Is Your Diagnosis? Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Due to Hepatitis C Infection
A 41-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of tender vesicles on her legs. She recently was diagnosed with hepatitis C, and laboratory...
Original Research
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Original Research
Herpes Simplex Virus Prophylaxis With Famciclovir in Patients Undergoing Aesthetic Facial CO2 Laser Resurfacing
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) reactivation may occur in patients undergoing facial carbon dioxide (CO2) laser resurfacing and can delay healing...
Commentary
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Commentary
Human Currency, Part I: Walk in My Shoes [editorial]
No abstract available.
Also In This Issue
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Article
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
A 37-year-old African man presented for excision of a dermal nodule after a diagnosis of ocular onchocerciasis (river blindness). A nodule from...
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Article
Bowen Disease of the Nail Bed Presenting as Longitudinal Melanonychia: Detection of Human Papillomavirus Type 56 DNA
A case of Bowen disease (BD) presenting as longitudinal melanonychia (LM) on the right third fingernail of a 25-year-old African American man is...
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Article
A Case of Nonfatal Cutaneous Melioidosis
Melioidosis is a tropical infectious disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. It is endemic in many parts of the...
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Article
Four Cases of Dermatomycosis: Superficial Cutaneous Infection by Alternaria or Bipolaris
Invasive dermal infections in immunosuppressed patients by a wide variety of opportunistic fungi are well described in the literature; however,...
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Article
Persistent Cellulitis in a Patient Receiving Renal Dialysis
Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic fungus, may cause cutaneous disease by dissemination from primary lung infection or, more rarely, by...
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Article
Disseminated Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia With Eosinophilia: A Case Report
A 37-year-old Cantonese man presented with pruritic erythematous papules and nodules on his face, limbs, and trunk that had been present for 10...