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Diaper dermatitis: a review and update.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2012 Aug; 24(4):472-9.CO

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW

Diaper dermatitis is the most common cutaneous diagnosis in infants. In this review, common causes of diaper dermatitis and similarly presenting conditions will be covered, as well as updates on treatments of common diaper dermatitides.

RECENT FINDINGS

There have been recent advancements in the treatment of diaper dermatitis. In addition, there are many newly recognized causes of diaper dermatitis that clinicians should be aware of.

SUMMARY

Irritant dermatitis is the most common cause of diaper dermatitis. However, there are multiple other common causes of diaper dermatitis and it is thus imperative that the clinician be aware of cutaneous mimickers of irritant diaper dermatitis as well as their treatments.

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Ravanfar P
Section of Dermatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. parisa.ravanfar@hitchcock.org
Wallace JS
No affiliation info available
Pace NC
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AcrodermatitisCandidiasis, CutaneousDermatitis, SeborrheicDiagnosis, DifferentialDiaper RashFemaleHand, Foot and Mouth DiseaseHistiocytosis, Langerhans-CellHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiliariaPsoriasisStaphylococcal InfectionsStreptococcal InfectionsVulvar Lichen SclerosusZinc

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22790100

Citation

Ravanfar, Parisa, et al. "Diaper Dermatitis: a Review and Update." Current Opinion in Pediatrics, vol. 24, no. 4, 2012, pp. 472-9.
Ravanfar P, Wallace JS, Pace NC. Diaper dermatitis: a review and update. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2012;24(4):472-9.
Ravanfar, P., Wallace, J. S., & Pace, N. C. (2012). Diaper dermatitis: a review and update. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 24(4), 472-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0b013e32835585f2
Ravanfar P, Wallace JS, Pace NC. Diaper Dermatitis: a Review and Update. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2012;24(4):472-9. PubMed PMID: 22790100.
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