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121 Active Surveillance of Hansens Disease (Leprosy): Importance for Case Finding among Extra-domiciliary Contacts Full Text PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, March 15, 2013 Clinical Article
122 Pityriasis lichenoides in an Asian population International Journal of Dermatology, March 15, 2013 Clinical Article
123 Chronic rhinosinusitis in ex-lepromatous leprosy patients with atrophic rhinitis The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, March 15, 2013 Clinical Article
124 Dermatologist-diagnosed skin diseases among immigrant Latino poultry processors and other manual workers in North Carolina, USA International Journal of Dermatology, March 14, 2013 Clinical Article
125 Evaluation of Demodex folliculorum as a risk factor for the diagnosis of rosacea in skin biopsies. Mexicos general hospital (1975-2010) Full Text Indian Journal of Dermatology, March 14, 2013 Clinical Article
126 Hyperkeratotic warty skin lesion of foot caused by Fusarium oxysporum Full Text Indian Journal of Dermatology, March 14, 2013
127 Risk of Kaposi sarcoma during the first months on combination antiretroviral therapy AIDS, March 13, 2013 Clinical Article
128 Diagnosis and Treatment of Leprosy Reactions in Integrated Services - The Patients Perspective in Nepal Full Text PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, March 13, 2013 Clinical Article
129 Assessment of the quality of life of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2009-2010. A pilot study Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 13, 2013 Clinical Article
130 Evaluation Of Myc Status In Oral Lichen Planus In Patients With Progression To Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma British Journal of Dermatology, March 12, 2013 Clinical Article
131 Saliva Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection and Follow-up of Herpesvirus Reactivation in Patients With Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) HHV Reactivation in Systemic Drug Reactions JAMA Dermatology, March 12, 2013 Clinical Article
132 Slowly Progressive Cutaneous, Rhinofacial, and Pulmonary Mucormycosis Caused by Mucor irregularis in an Immunocompetent Woman Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 12, 2013
133 Role of TLR9 Signaling in Experimental Leishmania braziliensis Infection Infection and Immunity, March 11, 2013 Review Article
134 The Spectrum of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection Among Men Attending a Swedish Sexually-transmitted Infections Clinic: Human Papillomavirus Typing and Clinical Presentation of Histopathologically Benign Lesions Acta Dermato-Venereologica, March 8, 2013 Clinical Article
135 CD30+ large cell transformation of mycosis fungoides during pregnancy Full Text Indian Journal of Dermatology, March 8, 2013
136 Acute Bacterial Skin Infections: Developments Since the 2005 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Guidelines The Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 7, 2013 Review Article Clinical Guideline
137 A comparison of stigma among patients with leprosy in rural Tanzania and urban United States: a role for public health in dermatology International Journal of Dermatology, March 7, 2013 Review Article
138 Lsr 2 of Mycobacterium leprae and its synthetic peptides elicit restitution of in vitro T cell responses in Erythema Nodosum Leprosum and Reversal Reactions in lepromatous leprosy patients Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, March 7, 2013 Review Article
139 Why is eczema herpeticum unexpectedly rare Antiviral Research , March 6, 2013 Review Article
140 Fusarium keratitis in South India: causative agents, their antifungal susceptibilities and a rapid identification method for the Fusarium solani species complex Mycoses, March 6, 2013 Clinical Article
In a study involving 37 patients with chronic hepatitis B infections, a serum bilirubin level > 5 mg/dL was predictive of progression to hepatic failure and liver-related death.
Read the article summaryIn a study involving 1607 patients > 65 years of age with community- or healthcare-acquired pneumonia, pre-morbid ambulation impairment (OR=2.61), hospitalization within 30 days of acquiring pneumonia (OR=1.93), and absence of cough and purulent sputum (OR=1.47) were shown to be associated with a significant increase in 30-day mortality.
Read the article summaryIn a retrospective study involving 225 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and 224 matched controls, it was shown that patients who were HPV-positive and smoked cigarettes or smoked cigarettes plus consumed alcohol were at increased risk for ESCC than patients who were HPV-negative (OR = 2.22 and 10.31, respectively).
Read the article summary1 Clinical Trial: Comparative Effectiveness of Cephalexin Plus Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Cephalexin Alone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Cellulitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 3, 2013
2 A woman with a painful eruption following liver transplantation Transplant Infectious Disease, April 18, 2013
3 Sensitivity of galactomannan enzyme immunoassay for diagnosing breakthrough invasive aspergillosis under antifungal prophylaxis and empirical therapy Mycoses, February 27, 2013
4 Clinical Trial: Comparative effectiveness of cephalexin plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. cephalexin alone for treatment of uncomplicated cellulitis: A randomized controlled trial Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 4, 2013
5 Onchocerciasis: The Pre-control Association between Prevalence of Palpable Nodules and Skin Microfilariae PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 15, 2013 Free full text
6 Left thigh phlegmon caused by Nocardia farcinica identified by 16S rRNA sequencing in a patient with Leprosy: a case report BMC Infectious Diseases, April 5, 2013 Free full text
7 Microbiology of skin and soft tissue infections in the age of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, March 29, 2013
8 Epidemiology of scabies Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, February 27, 2013
9 Quality of life in patients with toenail onychomycosis Mycoses, March 26, 2013 Review Article
10 Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy British Medical Journal, April 10, 2013
11 Treatment of recalcitrant warts with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: a promising new approach Dermatologic Therapy, April 12, 2013
12 Clinical Trial: Comparative effectiveness of cephalexin plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. cephalexin alone for treatment of uncomplicated cellulitis: A randomized controlled trial Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 21, 2013
13 Update on the Antimicrobial Management of Foot Infections in Patients With Diabetes Clinical Diabetes, April 18, 2013 Free full text Review Article
14 How Staphylococcus aureus Breaches Our Skin to Cause Infection The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 20, 2012 Free full text
15 NLRP10 roles in innate and adaptive immunity Microbes and Infection, April 9, 2013 Review Article
16 Phase II Clinical Study of BC-3781, a Pleuromutilin Antibiotic, in Treatment of Patients with Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 18, 2013
17 Bacterial Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Older Adults Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, April 11, 2013 Review Article
18 Trichophyton mentagrophytes cause underestimated contagious zoophilic fungal infection Mycoses, April 16, 2013
19 Intralesional Antimony for Single Lesions of Bolivian Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 10, 2013
20 Reactive oxygen species and the bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects of isoconazole nitrate Mycoses, April 29, 2013
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