[Retrospective study of 53 erysipelas cases in Brazzaville University Hospital, Congo].
Hospitalizations for erysipelas became frequent in the Brazzaville (Congo) service of dermatology. A link between the use of topical corticosteroids for bleaching purpose and erysipelas cases of the leg in women users has been evoked. We carried out a retrospective survey over eleven months analysing 53 files of patients hospitalized for erysipelas, among which 48 cases (91%) concerned topical corticosteroids users and 5 cases of (9%) non users. The average age of these patients was 26 years old, with extremes 18 and 55, for an hospitalization varying between 3 weeks and one month.
Service de dermatologie. CHU, BP 32, Brazzaville, Congo. agathse@yahoo.fr
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D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects; D000328:Adult; D003223:Congo; D004886:Erysipelas / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones