title: Common pediatric skin conditions with protracted courses: a therapeutic update.
abstract: This article reviews some of the recent literature on therapeutic modalities and their efficacy in common pediatric skin conditions. Immunotherapy and laser therapy of warts and molluscum contagiosum show therapeutic promise. Bleach baths may help in eradicating Staphylococcus aureus carriage and in improving atopic dermatitis. Cephalexin continues to show efficacy even with increased incidence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. More studies have looked at the use of systemic immunosuppressants for alopecia areata and vitiligo in children, although risks and benefits of therapy must be weighed. The excimer laser shows promise as a treatment modality for both alopecia areata and vitiligo.
authors.affiliation: Section of Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, USA. amswanson@cmh.edu
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: Kristi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Canty
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001494:Baths / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007223:Infant; D007641:Keratolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D054018:Lasers, Excimer / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000628:therapy; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D007641:Keratolytic Agents