title: Infection cases in infants and small children with atopic dermatitis--own observations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of the work is to estimate the frequency of occurrence of various infections in infants and small children, aged between 0 and 36 months with atopic dermatitis in the practice of a family doctor.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study has been conducted on the basis of the retrospective analysis of medical documentation of disease among children born in 2005-2008 treated in Outpatient Clinic of the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital in Lodz.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children suffering from atopic dermatitis are more prone to develop infectious diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infectious diseases in children with atopic dermatitis are of more chronic nature and more often require antibiotic therapy. Such children often manifest chronic diarrhea and their stool contains Staphylococcus aureus. They are more often hospitalized because of difficulty in setting a diagnosis and applying treatment in outpatient clinics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cosmetology, Medical University of Lodz, 1 Muszynskiego Street, Lodz, Poland. rotsztejn@onet.eu
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rotsztejn
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frankowska
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kamer
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trznadel-Grodzka
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015984:Causality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification