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LOUIS G. JEKEL, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1954;69(3):364-365.

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Many types of treatment have been advanced for skin infection with Trichophyton rubrum, the large number of methods being mainly due to the fact that the condition is notoriously resistant to treatment. No reports were found of treatment with refrigeration. Haxthausen¹ did use carbon dioxide snow in the treatment of ringworm of the scalp, the organism being a Trichophyton. He produced a kerion type of reaction and concluded that the beneficial effect was due to stimulation of host tissue resistance. Creeping eruption is an infestation commonly treated with cryotherapy. By and large, however, the method has not been extensively adapted to use in either infections or infestations. Hence this report.

REPORT OF CASE

H. S., a white man 45 years of age, was examined on July 22, 1952. His eruption had begun four years before while he was residing in Indiana. Several weeks before examination his hands . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHOENIX, ARIZ.

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