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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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XVIII. Actinic Pruritus

Case 68. Actinic Pruritus / Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

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Fig. 68-B1

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Fig. 68-B1
Fig. 68-B1: Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Another 8-years old boy felt ill suddenly with high fever, loss of appetite and somnolencia, accompanied by skin lesions, especially in the face. They consisted of superficial blisters whch scaled of easily from the base. They were found mainly on the forehead, the environs of the left eye, the perioral region and the ears.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela