Although bacterial pyoderma is among the most commonly encountered dermatologic conditions in dogs, some cases present diagnostic challenges even to experienced clinicians. This article presents several unusual manifestations of pyoderma, including bullous impetigo, superficial spreading pyoderma, mucocutaneous pyoderma, and post-grooming…
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Recognizing Pyoderma:
Getagged mit: Bacterial culture, Bacterial overgrowth, Canine pyoderma, Cytology, Furunculosis, Impetigo, mucocutaneous, Staphylococcus
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Veröffentlicht unter Around the Globe, News and Information
A case of stable oral pemphigus vulgaris on low dose immunosuppressive therapy
The clinical and epidemiological features of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) are well documented but there remain few reports of oesophageal involvement of PV. Although previously considered to be rare, recent reports have suggested that up to 87% of patients with PV…
Getagged mit: azathioprine, immunosuppression, mucocutaneous, oesophageal lesions, OESOPHAGUS, pemphigus vulgaris, prednisolone, UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS
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Veröffentlicht unter Around the Globe, News and Information
Why Lesions Occur at Different Sites
By Grant J. Anhalt, M.D. Johns Hopkins Dermatology I will attempt to clarify what we know about the antibody response in various forms of pemphigus and how the distribution of the targeted antigens affects the location of lesions. The synthesis…
Getagged mit: acantholysis, autoantibodies, autoantibody, autoimmunity, dermatology, keratinocyte, manipulation, mucocutaneous, paraneoplastic
Veröffentlicht unter Medical
Veröffentlicht unter Medical
Diagnostic Patterns and Delays in PV: Experience With 99 Patients
By David A. Sirois, D.M.D., Ph.D.Department of Oral Medicine Pemphigus vulgaris is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the mucosa and skin and resulting in epithelial acantholysis, bullae formation, and chronic ulceration.1 Skin lesions of pemphigus vulgaris present clinically with typical…
Getagged mit: autoantibody, differential, immunosuppressant, mucocutaneous, nonduplicated
Veröffentlicht unter Medical
Veröffentlicht unter Medical
