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GEORGE C. ANDREWS, M.D.; FREDERICK W. BIRKMAN, M.D.; RICHARD J. KELLY, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1934;29(4):548-563.

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During the past five years increasing attention has been devoted to the study of dermatoses of the palms and soles which resemble ringworm infections but which are not mycotic. In 1928, Mitchell¹ reported a series of cases. The previous year Barber and Eyre,² Dore³ and Roxburgh⁴—all in England—published papers dealing with similar disorders. In 1929, Lehmann⁵ presented before this section several cases of pompholyx and emphasized the importance of internal disturbances in them.

Barber⁶ clarified the meaning of the term acrodermatitis continua and called attention to the fact that it is the same disorder that was described as dermatitis repens by Crocker; he also described the generalized eruptions which may develop from the localized form of the disease. He has shown that these conditions are infective and are due to Staphylococcus aureus, and that this group should be regarded as chronic pyogenic dermatitis. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Dermatology, Vanderbilt Clinic, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

Footnotes
Read before the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology at the Eighty-Fourth Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Milwaukee, June 14, 1933.

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