Erythrodermas of Infancy

Infantile Seborrheic Dermatitis

“…This corresponded with find ings published by Barker et al [7], In all 6 cases studied, the mononuclear in filtrate was reactive predominantly with Leu3a antiserum. Only sporadically cells were reactive with anti-Leu2a.…”

Erythroderma in Children: A Clinico‐Etiological Study

“…We observed anemia (47%) an elevated ESR (53%), and eosinophilia (59%) in a significant proportion of patients, as also observed in other published studies (3,9,12). It has been suggested elsewhere that the eosinophilia could be attributed either to an underlying hypersensitivity or allergic phenomenon or may be due to drug response (2).…”

“…In our study, we observed an almost equal ratio of males to females. Patients as young as one day old were reported in an earlier study (12). In our study the youngest patient was ten days old.…”

“…The majority of the studies of erythroderma have been carried out mainly in adult age groups (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11). There are hardly any studies of erythroderma in the pediatric age group other than the one by Barker et al (12).…”

Clinical spectrum of neonatal skin disorders at Hamdard University Hospital Karachi, Pakistan

“…Benton EC [5] has not reported a single case of neonatal dermatitis during 25 years of their study period. Some international studies have mainly focused on benign cutaneous lesions in newborns [6,7]. 34.75% neonates had skin manifestations during the study period, reported incidence is 27.6% to 31% [8,9].…”