Acropustulosis of Infancy

Infantile acropustulosis in internationally adopted children

“…Although we acknowledge that IA can occur in the absence of scabies infestation, [1][2][3] we believe that in the majority of cases, IA has a strong relationship to scabies exposure. Because scabies infestations are common among those in crowded living situations and lower socioeconomic groups, 4 we hypothesized that IA may also be prevalent in children from crowded living conditions and unhygienic environs, and in this study, we sought to determine if IA is a common skin condition among children adopted from overseas orphanages.…”

Infantile Acropustulosis in Six Immigrant Children

“…No contamination was noted in any of the host families. (1,6), IA has been observed in all races (7) without relation to sex (7). The onset occurs during the first months of life, classically between the second and twelfth months, but can range between birth (1,8-11) and 9 years of age (7).…”

Acropustulosis of infancy

“…IA is a recurrent, self-limited, pruritic, vesiculopustular eruption on the distal extremities occurring in young children (typically black infants) during the first 2–3 years of life. Newly described in 1979,1 IA remains a poorly understood disease as demonstrated by the frequency of misdiagnoses 2. The onset is from birth to one year of age, with spontaneous resolution occurring between the ages of two and three years.…”