Childhood Dermatosis in a Dermatology Clinic of a General University Hospital in Spain

Pediatric dermatoses in Benghazi, Libya

“…[18,19] Warts were the most frequent viral infection in our children (6.2%), our results was comparable to Switzerland, China and Turkey, [8][9][10] but lower than Spain and Kuwait results (13%). [7,12] Warts prevalence was related to age with statistical significance; though found in preschool and adolescent groups, they were more common in primary school children, this was consistent with Tawian and Kuwait study. [4,7] The contributing factors to wart infection may include an increase in outdoor and sports activities, eczema, and nail biting.…”

“…It was seen in 4.5% of our patients, in Spain it constituted 7%, [12] and it was the most prevalent dermatosis in some Turkish studies (12.4%), [10,28] which could be related to the age structure of the study. Female patients presented with acne significantly more than males, similar to what was observed in Kuwait and Egypt.…”

“…[11] Our prevalence of infections and infestations was higher than that reported in Switzerland, Turkey (27%), and Spain (27.7%), [8,10,12] but lower than Egyptian, Ethiopian, Indian and Pakistani results (47-85%). [2,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The high prevalence of infections and infestations can be attributed to poor hygienic and sanitary conditions, lack of awareness and poor health services.…”

“…It contributed to 2% of our study population, all cases were infants, similar results recorded in Spain. [12] Sardana et al [19] and Tamer et al [28] observed a higher frequency (4.3% and 10.5%) in their studies.…”

“…[18,31,32] Insect bites were the third most common dermatoses (9.6%) in our study, it exceeded the reported ranges from 1% to 5.2% in other studies. [2,10,12] Such high frequency is probably due to the fact that many of these bites were during spring; picnic time. In addition; poor sanitary measures in our country favor multiplication of mosquito and other insects.…”