title: Pityriasis lichenoides in children: therapeutic response to erythromycin.
abstract: Fifteen of twenty-two children with pityriasis lichenoides were treated with oral erythromycin. Eleven (73%) had a remission, usually within 2 months. Two others showed partial improvement, and two were unimproved. Seven of the children who experienced a remission were off erythromycin and free of lesions after 2 to 5 months of therapy. A trial of erythromycin as described herein should be considered in children with pityriasis lichenoides before other, possibly more toxic, measures are instituted.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010915:Pityriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004917:Erythromycin