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Dermatitis por Contacto/etiología , Dermatitis Profesional/inducido químicamente , Maneb/efectos adversos , Tiocarbamatos/efectos adversos , Ziram/efectos adversos , Adulto , Anciano , Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/inducido químicamente , Femenino , Humanos , Italia , MasculinoAsunto(s)
Queratodermia Palmoplantar , Enfermedad de Papillon-Lefevre , Adulto , Niño , Etretinato/uso terapéutico , Femenino , Humanos , Queratodermia Palmoplantar/diagnóstico , Queratodermia Palmoplantar/tratamiento farmacológico , Masculino , Enfermedad de Papillon-Lefevre/diagnóstico , Enfermedad de Papillon-Lefevre/tratamiento farmacológicoRESUMEN
A 23-year-old girl affected by Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome developed, during Etretinate therapy (1 mg/kg/day), two liver abscesses caused by pyogenic bacteria and a subphrenic abscess. The immunological effects of retinoids may precipitate severe infections in patients with Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome, who probably have a basic, even though not always evident, defect of PMN chemotaxis.
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Infecciones Bacterianas/etiología , Etretinato/efectos adversos , Queratodermia Palmoplantar/tratamiento farmacológico , Absceso Hepático/etiología , Enfermedad de Papillon-Lefevre/tratamiento farmacológico , Adulto , Quimiotaxis de Leucocito/efectos de los fármacos , Femenino , Humanos , Neutrófilos/efectos de los fármacos , Neutrófilos/inmunología , Enfermedad de Papillon-Lefevre/complicaciones , Enfermedad de Papillon-Lefevre/inmunología , Absceso Subfrénico/etiologíaRESUMEN
Since alopecia areata might be due to an aberrant T-cell-mediated immunity, the purpose of our study was to compare the results obtained with Thymopentin to those of topical sensitizing therapies, such as squaric acid dibutylester or diphencyprone. Statistical analysis showed no differences between the results obtained with these two therapies. Therefore, Thymopentin can be considered to be a new therapeutic agent which, like the classic topical drugs squaric acid dibutylester or diphencyprone, has immunoreactive properties and might provide some hope to patients with severe alopecia areata.