title: Pattern of pediatric dermatoses at a referral centre.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the pattern of skin disorders seen among children attending a Medical College Hospital, Bangalore
  
  
  METHODS
  All children 18 y and below attending the Pediatric Dermatology OPD with skin diseases between the period of January 2011 and June 2011 were included in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1,090 new cases (boys 589; girls 501) with 1,118 dermatoses were recorded during this period. Twenty eight children had more than one dermatoses. Most of the disorders were seen between 5 and 11 y age group. The most common dermatoses was infections and infestations (32.47 %) followed by eczematous eruptions and dermatitis (20.66 %), papulosquamous and related disorders (6.08 %) and pigmentary disorders (5.81 %). Insect bite reactions and papular urticaria formed 5.1 %. Acne was seen in 5.28 % of children followed by urticaria (3.67 %), photodermatoses 2.5 % and genetic disorders (3.04 %).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the present setting bacterial infections and scabies still remained the most common pediatric dermatoses followed by molluscum contagiosum and atopic dermatitis. Childhood psoriasis contributed to major part of the study among papulosquamous disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, STD and Leprosy, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, 560002, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sacchidanand
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sahana
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Asha
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shilpa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004485:Eczema / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000453:epidemiology