Recognizing and treating toilet-seat contact dermatitis in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Litvinov, Ivan V ^a   Sugathan, Paramoo ^b   Cohen, Bernard A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BABY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Plastic toilet seat; Toilet seat contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DETERGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PETROLATUM; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; COURSE EVALUATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATCH TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TINEA; TOILET SEAT CONTACT DERMATITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BUTTOCKS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PRURITUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; THIGH; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 76049119304     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2430     Document Type: Article

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