Pityriasis lichennoides et varioliformis acuta. A report of a case controlled by a high dose of tetracycline

Shelley, W. B.

doi:10.1001/archderm.100.5.596

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“…4,8,15,16 Tetracycline derivatives are efficacious but are often avoided in children. [17][18][19] The efficacy of NBUVB for PL is widely reported, with response rates of approximately 90%. 2,[20][21][22][23][24] PUVA has similar efficacy.…”

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“…Based on the literature, macrolide antibiotics have response rates of approximately 61%‐80% in individuals with PL, with response rates correlating with duration of treatment . Tetracycline derivatives are efficacious but are often avoided in children . The efficacy of NBUVB for PL is widely reported, with response rates of approximately 90% .…”

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Pityriasis lichenoides: Long‐term follow‐up study

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Huang

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Pediatric Dermatology

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Pityriasis lichenoides is a predominantly pediatric disorder. The time course of pityriasis lichenoides chronica is significantly longer than that of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta. Pityriasis lichenoides chronica may persist with pigmentary alterations in the absence of other signs of active inflammation. Treatment response is often limited, particularly for patients with pityriasis lichenoides chronica.

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Pityriasis lichenoides: Long‐term follow‐up study

Zang

Coates

Huang

et al. 2018

Pediatric Dermatology

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“…The aetiology of pitryriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLVA) is still obscure but the literature abounds with evidence concerning the possible role of infective agents. These observations are based on reported epidemics of PLVA (Korovitski et al, 1964); in some, outbreaks of pityriasis rosea co-existing (Marshall, 1956); the response of PLVA to tetracycline (Shelley & Griffith, 1969); and surveys incriminating toxoplasma gondii as a common trigger in Bulgaria (Zlatkov & Andreev, 1972), yet not in Iowa (Ceilley & Zuehlke, 1976 suffering from PLVA who presented during a 12-month period when the incidence of PLVA also rose significantly, prompted this survey.…”

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The detection of Epstein Barr virus antibody in 'exanthematic' dermatoses with special reference to pityriasis lichenoides

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Summary A survey is described in which it was established that in the period June 1975‐June 1976 in the clinical catchment area of North Staffordshire an unexpected increase in the incidence of pityriasis lichenoides varioliformis acuta (PLVA) occurred; and that the first case out of 10 investigated had significantly elevated complement fixing antibody litres to Epstein Barr Virus (EBV). Complement fixing antibodies to EBV were looked for in the remaining 9 cases of PLVA and in a group of 11 patients suffering from ‘exanthematic’ dermatoses which may be provoked by an infective agent, and who presented in the same 12‐month period. Our preliminary results have shown that EBV antibodies are elevated in a proportion of patients exhibiting the PLVA reaction and other ‘exanthematic’ skin reactions; which could indicate that EBV infection is occasionally causally related to these reactions.

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